The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 9/29/06)

[RetroLounge]

The Divorcee and Gin

I love the frosted pints you come in,
and the tall bottles with their uniformed men;
the bars where you’re poured chilled
into shallow glasses, the taste of drowned olives,
and the scrawled benches where I see you
passed impatiently from one mouth
to another, the bag twisted tight around
your neck, the hand that holds you
shaking a little from its need
which is the true source of desire, God, I love
what you do to me at night when we’re alone,
how you wait for me to take you into me
until I’m so confused with you I can’t
stand up anymore. I know you want me
helpless, each cell whimpering, and I give
you that, letting you have me just the way
you like it. And when you’re finished
you turn your face to the wall while I curl
around you again, and enter another morning
with aspirin and the useless ache
that comes from loving, too well,
those who, under the guise of pleasure,
destroy everything they touch.

Kim Addonizio

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear RetroLounge!

Love, sex, and alcoholism...........

What a combo!

This poem sure puts all those elements into a relationship that I'd never considered before.....

I must have lived too sheltered a life, huh?

Thank you for this one.........very eye-opening.....

:hug:

[miss_american_pie]

2. ...

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

3. quod me nutrit me destruit

been there, done that, lol.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear idgiehkt........

That which feeds me, destroys me...???

Let me see if I remember any of the Latin I studied so long ago!

:hi: