The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph it is me and it is not meI transfix on the profile of An Otherwith my legs, covered in rose-garden pantyhose a shape a size a landscape, unfamiliarto my mind’s mirroryet there I amme but not me such displacementor dysmorphia orsuch rabid ability to despisedisrespect, such refusal of acceptancea… Continue reading #NPM22 – The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph
Tag: Poetry
#NPM22 – The Intimacy of Crying Alone When You’re Sad
The Intimacy of Crying Alone When You’re Sad the body afflicted, undoing – shakingout sorrowlong veins of pain peelingoff the heartinternal hemorrhage abundance tears like song chorus – redundantrhinorrhea release – a bath ofrebalancethe exaltation ofanimal sounds the liturgy of sobbingsadness on her knees,rubbing your back
#NPM22 – Intimacy – The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise
The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise The way the sounds take shapesliding through your windowlike exclamation marks thatland on your cheeks – kissesfrom another dimension youfeel in your bones but can’texplain in words because birdsongis the language of eternity of hope The tender trills and deep-throatedwarbles lift the sun like a conductor’sbaton tapping the… Continue reading #NPM22 – Intimacy – The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise
VANESSA SHIELDS 