Another Taste
By LadyMalice
Another Taste
She was shaking
like a newborn crack baby,
blue eyed and
desperate for a fix;
a loving touch.
I let my arms
fall around her shivering body
and realize that
I should not be diluted
by my obsession,
but this is just too much
for my small hands
to grasp and potentially
form into perfection.
I know that if
I held her any closer
She would suffocate
on the cotton
and plastic lettering
of my shirt,
but I really do need
something more
than filtered air
and bottled water
to give me peace of mind.
I trace the rivets
of her spine
letting the bumps
dissolve beneath my fingers.
I will always return
for another taste
of the angel's white spine.
She knows this
by now,
and once again
I shudder
at my defeat.
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© 2007 LadyMalice
Published on Wednesday, August 1, 2007.
Filed under: "Reflective" and
"Poetry"
Comments on "Another Taste"
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On Thursday, August 2, 2007, Bella Butchery
(724) wrote:
my kind of lingo, totally dug it... thought provoking.
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A former member wrote:
i read this over and over again. i love poems that capture a single brief moment with such imagery. cool.
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A former member wrote:
this was very, very good. ~ hdb.