Side (drawing by Diana Barco)
Side
All day I’ve seen your side
in my mind, the smooth slopes
of rib, hip, limb, like
the banks of a river.
All day I’ve strained
towards these banks
with an overflow of self,
that wash of discontent,
too quick, too fretful, to find anything
but what’s next and next and next.
All day I’ve longed to stretch out by some cove
in your warm torso–
you’re so sound in sleep–
to slide between joint, bone, flesh,
to subside.
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Here’s a poem just for today, which is a bit of a tired day. It’s not the one I’m posting for dVerse Open Link Night – I opted for funny for the Open Link – Gauguin’s Stomach Grumbles, as I think people can always use a laugh.The above, Side, has been slightly revised from my book of poems Going on Somewhere. The book/poem by Karin Gustafson (me), the drawing is by Diana Barco; Diana also illustrated the book.
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