Poems
by Zoë Gabriel
(11/04/09)
Biosphere
The night has forgotten
all of its words.
I doublecheck
the deadbolt's lock,
before I retreat
into your bear hug,
under the lush, panting
greenhouse of your eyes.
Fulfillment
The scent of apples and cinnamon
In Van Gogh's room
Stars flaring like acid strobes
Oil drills giving up the ghost
You gasp and sweat
Rigid as a bone in your pleasure
The end of the line is full circle
Sensual overdrive
System shutdown
©2009 by Zoë Gabriel
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Zoë Gabriel’s poems have appeared in Eclectica, Abyss & Apex, The Centrifugal Eye, The Rose & Thorn, Oysters & Chocolate, Tales of the Talisman, Illumen, Word Riot, The Commonline Project, Thieves Jargon, GlassFire Magazine, Grasslimb, Poetry Midwest, Southern Ocean Review, Salt River Review, Locust Magazine, Unlikely Stories, AntiMuse, and Cadenza; she has work forthcoming in Goblin Fruit, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Weird Tales. She loves books, languages, spicy food, and colorful socks.
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