Alert: There is a curse word in this poem I know why skin I know why it existsto containAll. Of. It. thepainthegorethepleasurethedarktheconfusionthebloodthehopethegraspthedesperationthedreamthepassiontheorgasmthelosstheslobberthemuscletheknowingtheempathytheragethefearthenoisethepasttheliesthestoriesthetruththefirethetastethejoytheheartthelove the What the Fuck of It Allthe glorious hasty extraordinary vomitous victory of Living (yes, I know it is not indestructible that it changes reshapes reflects redefines holds the codes for my every… Continue reading Poem 343 – I Know Why Skin
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Poem 47 – the intimacy of skin
the intimacy of skin “…how come, how comeI anticipate nothing as intimate as history would I have had a different lifefailing this embrace with broken things…”From ‘thirsty’ by Dionne Brand nothing is more intimate than skin the bag of itmighty body buttress claspingthe broken & betrayedcupping loss in a wrinkled elbowstanding at attention on the… Continue reading Poem 47 – the intimacy of skin
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 