This is just to say
that since March
I have been staring
at your picture
to the point
where I have become virtually useless
thank you
for your cheeks
your stormy-grey eyes
your breasts
and your passionate noises
(the plums weren't so bad, either)
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Excavations
PoetryOld poems and older poems. The art in here is far more recent - all illustration tiles were made between April 20, 2024 and May 12, 2024. Some of these poems were published in a chapbook, Eleusinian Mysteries, in 1995, under the pen name Sarah Maddo...
This Is Just To Say (for Emma)
This is just to say
that since March
I have been staring
at your picture
to the point
where I have become virtually useless
thank you
for your cheeks
your stormy-grey eyes
your breasts
and your passionate noises
(the plums weren't so bad, either)