NAKED WOMAN
a naked woman is an incantation
a priest pauses in this poem
to persuade you to break the bed
or break the bond
a naked woman is a metaphor
a bed is a shrine
sanctified with the sacred sighs;
ululations to it that is god
a naked woman is a word
her breasts, synonyms for man’s pleasure;
thighs, plesionyms for his
armrest
a naked woman is a song
a childhood song
you only remember you once sang
when your children sing it
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