An Absence of Sense

sense

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Shaky Timber

Stott, William, 1857-1900; The Nymph

The chase of the splendid
The mad hunt of twilight
Runs aground in fog
Very shaky timber not
My line of country

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Waltz

waltz

It was after our second waltz I did it
A fast shuffle with Miss Whitehead
The meat trade in all of its aspects
The best offering fortune has placed in my way
The apple of Sodom a glimpse of the cloven foot
That piece who prances around Lastingham
Getting in everywhere first the lily face
The pale corn hued hair and fragile frame
Firm as cockle shells half glittering half gritty
A wintry smile that lurid patch
That caps the biscuit
History will be made by her
A freak of an entirely genuine kind
Somehow I seem destined to show you
My most unpleasant side
Flapping her background in my face
Discourses constructing representation
Argument with an object
She chooses to disregard my irony
I can’t believe I’m in your van again
But since you asked me today
You’re making a game of me hold me like that
Do something nice to me son of Saint Louis
Ascend me to heaven
The buttons are really unbuttoned
But clothes like that aren’t meant
To be taken off still we manage
Some form of copulative engagement
Contamination and penetration something
In the nature of an unparalleled experience

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Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)

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1st–2nd century
Culture:India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region)

the met

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Sometimes I Just Feel

feel

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Afternoon

afternoon

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celeste yarnall (4)

celeste yarnall (4)

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The Night Waitress

piquant

The first night waitress laying menus on the table one after another
With anything but amiable sentiments verging upon impertinence
Without much civility she shrugs her finely molded shoulders
Looking quite presentable in the rose-hued light rampant rebel
With the grip of a woman who is deeply moved a field and surface
Of gold spontaneously arisen on a breathless evening in August
Acquiescent and admiring piquant but not of the mortal kind like
Alien life found in icy geysers on Saturn’s moons it’s hard for her
To understand our purpose the whole terrible business
Dealings that would not bear the light of day

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Elizabeth Ray

liz ray

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god

god3

Into the pool dear god
Lost in the water my god
You look lovely inside the house too
It’s transcendent to hear a woman
Speak wisdom as we stand by
Each other god for my welfare
And his own amusement
Has led me into this temptation
Into this region of shadows
Where lie the places where
I am young

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