Friday 12 February 2021

Slid

into a place where

long worn grooves of

deep body habit

flourish in the dirt

making mud pies in

a hot back yard

the taste is bitter.


hugging the ugly of

the deep body

its grease and sweat

and pungency its

freely unwashed

hair and legs of fur

its old Lilith.


mind mouths

this will and

what not but

deep body habit

is worn so easily

and biologically

words are small.


Poem: Marie Craven, 25 January 2017 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Photo: Brad Helmink, Unsplash


Slid