Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
I. Prologue<br />
"Black and White Nude"<br />
by Amanda Reynolds<br />
I'd like to paint your spine with umber,<br />
sprinkle your back with obvious words:<br />
tactile, nubile, nude,<br />
label, hollow, poet,<br />
plunder.<br />
I'm no longer an aes<strong>the</strong>tic deadbeat. If only you smoked,<br />
patchouli ashes falling from your fingers,<br />
I'd taste <strong>the</strong> ground you lie on.<br />
I wish that you were<br />
fire-engine red.<br />
II. Afterward<br />
I wish I'd never asked for wine when you were only made<br />
<strong>of</strong> water. Are my pinks too close to grigio?<br />
My milk too sour yellow?<br />
Your still-life is lacking all and any<br />
verve.<br />
No, <strong>the</strong> shadows <strong>the</strong> light threw were not enough.<br />
You didn't feel as warm as you once looked.<br />
Suffice to say, you'd never<br />
have interested me, except<br />
in black and white.<br />
>view as PDF<<br />
>next poem<<br />
>close window
Change language