The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 9/2/06)

[RetroLounge]

The Thief

What is it when your man sits on the floor
in sweatpants, his latest project
set out in front of him like a small world, maps
and photographs, diagrams and plans, everything
he hopes to build, invent or create,
and you believe in him as you always have,
even after you set your coffee down
and move toward him, to where he sits
oblivious of you, concentrating
in a square of sun --
you step over the rulers and blue graph-paper
to squat behind him, and he barely notices,
though you're still in your robe
which falls open a little as you reach
around his chest, feel for the pink
wheel of each nipple, the slow beat
of his heart, your ear pressed to his back
to listen -- and you are torn,
not wanting to interrupt his work
but unable to keep your fingers
from dipping into the ditch in his pants,
torn again with tenderness
to the way his flesh grows unwillingly
toward your curved palm, toward the light,
as if you planted it, this sweet root,
your mouth already an echo of its shape --
you slip your tongue in his ear
and he hears you call him away
from his work, the angled lines of his thoughts,
into the shapeless place you are bound
to take him, over the bridges of bone, beyond
borders of skin, climbing over him
into the world of the body, its labyrinth
of ladders and stairs -- and you love him,
with equal measures of expectancy
and fear and awe, taking him with you
into the soft geometry of the flesh, the earth
before its sidewalks and cities,
its glistening spires,
stealing him back from the world he loves
into this other world he cannot build without you.

Dorianne Laux

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RL

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[RevCheesehead]

1. Ooo.....Oooo.....Oooo.....

Oostburg!!! :rofl:


OK, you got my attention. Now what? :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

2. You just like seeing the word nipple in a poem

:hi:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

7. No, that wasn't it.

It was the "ditch in the pants" that got me. :blush:

[RetroLounge]

8. ...

but unable to keep your fingers
from dipping into the ditch in his pants,
torn again with tenderness
to the way his flesh grows unwillingly
toward your curved palm, toward the light,
as if you planted it, this sweet root,
your mouth already an echo of its shape --

:hot:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

9. *sizzle*

:loveya:












what? I just love that word! :7

[yvr girl]

3. There are ways to get a man's attention

I think this method would work, no matter how engrossing the project. As Paris would say, "That's Hot!"

[RetroLounge]

4. This whole scene seems familiar somehow...

:shrug:

RL

[yvr girl]

6. Don't make me spank you...

again

[RetroLounge]

16. Please Mistress yvr

may I have another?

RL

[SeattleGirl]

5. That's often worked for me......

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

10. Which part?

:hi:

RL

[idgiehkt]

11. putting aside the subject matter

that woman is so talented. wow. it's just beautiful, there aren't any awkward spots. what command of the language. i'm jealous as hell.

[RetroLounge]

13. Yeah, she and Kim Addonizio have become

my favorite contemporary poets.

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Omigod, my dear Retro.........

Hot hardly describes this.......

How erotic this work is........

Really paints quite a vivid picture........

Truly beautiful as well.........

...and you love him,
with equal measures of expectancy
and fear and awe...

Just wonderful.........

Thank you so much, sweetie........

Getting an early start, huh?

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

14. Early Start or a Late Finish...

Depends how you look at it...

:hi:

RL

[wildhorses]

15. ..........

stealing him back from the world he loves
into this other world he cannot build without you.


guess we get jealous sometimes:shrug:

[RetroLounge]

17. ...

:hi:

RL

[wildhorses]

18. how are ya? good to see you.

:hi:




edited cos godd is NOT good:P

[RetroLounge]

19. "godd is NOT good"

:rofl:

I am doing well, thanks. How about you?

:hug:

RL

[wildhorses]

20. well, not when I spell it that way...heehee

I am trying to be productive and post here, too. Multi-tasking I think they call it. Have a load in the washer and a load in the dryer. Dishwasher is running and the bills are opened and the checkbook is out....UGH!! same old boring stuff

:hug:

wh

[RetroLounge]

21. Just got done updating 2 checking accounts

and a savings account.

Paying bills over phone.

Feeding kids.

Cleaning the apartment.

Productive and Posting = Multi-tasking...

:hi:

RL

[swimboy]

22. Let's hear it for men's nipples!

Happy Saturday, RL!

Great poem today! :thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

23. Just for you my friend!

:hi:

RL

[RetroLounge]

24. kick

:kick:

RL