Your Body Is A Trick

Published: Jan. 13, 2018, 9:01 p.m.

b'Your body is a trick.\\n\\xa0\\u2026you are not delicate.\\nIn my fiction you\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Steal my fingerprints\\nAnd wrap them around\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Your wrists\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 You say,\\n\\u201cI\\u2019m keeping these for later.\\u201d\\n\\xa0\\nYour body is a trick.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\u2026you are not delicate.\\nYour eyelashes sting\\n\\xa0\\xa0Deep when they whip me\\nFrom across the table\\n\\xa0\\xa0I just tell myself to count to three.\\n\\xa0\\nGood thing blood is thick.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Good thing Love Lasts.\\n\\u2018Cause we\\u2019re going to be here a while\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0And yes\\nThat\\u2019s a threat.\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nakedpoetry/message\\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nakedpoetry/support'