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
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"Exposure"<br />
by Tracy M Rogers<br />
And I lie here, broken, day after day,<br />
on this desolate stage <strong>of</strong> gray marble,<br />
blinded and warmed<br />
by illuminations from above.<br />
Legs apart, thighs elevated—<br />
bare and barren—<br />
I am open to <strong>the</strong> gaze <strong>of</strong> passing strangers.<br />
Faintly mocking <strong>the</strong> spectacle I've become,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y file past, staring<br />
at <strong>the</strong> tiny patch <strong>of</strong> pubic hair<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered as art and obscenity—<br />
save a few bloodthirsty souls who,<br />
desiring more still,<br />
stop for a closer glimpse<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pain-stricken eyes<br />
and <strong>the</strong> secrets within.<br />
The brazen and <strong>the</strong> perverse pause<br />
for an ephemeral touch<br />
when <strong>the</strong> guard has turned away,<br />
fighting <strong>the</strong> urge<br />
to slide <strong>the</strong>ir gluttonous hands<br />
between porcelain thighs<br />
and tangle callused fingers<br />
in silken auburn curls.<br />
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