I Am South-Turning
I am South-turning
Angel
she looks radiant
I am lightning
Thirsty
God
To my smile
She bends flowers
All is perfect & beautiful
_____
She is a blond lionesse
…..
poem.s
Stanley Gemmell
(Towards a…) Topology of a Beautiful Girl in a
High Fashion Photograph
When I close the book
desert,
ringing in my ear, cats
your image bent to
music, mermaid’s
closed eyes, fish
scales in cold salt
your cheeks bengali
tigers
market is your belly
government your thighs
your shoulders are
the family
your hands are your siblings
your neck is the lover
_____
The Hidden Sabbath
There is a religion
of Eve
Moaning corridors
Of Saturday
When the walls speak
They say the footstep’s
echo
The sound of an
animal
Sabbath rustles
paper
The House
repeats the demand
_____
The Divine Child
Woman come
dressed in
moonlight
hyper pretty
trace
negative-god
splitting atoms
like hips smooth
bell
[2000]
Providence, RI
