Definition


from letting bleed

Definition

Something in a poem
must somewhere define
that moment when orgasm
slips from me          rubbing
flint on stone but     melting

as fireworks droplets
melt into air leaving memoried
explosion in their nothingness



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back to essay
last poem
first poem

definition from letting bleed, chapter one of the master's thesis, for want of an epitaph, by wendy blake
© University of Maine 2000