by James Tipton
(11/05/08)
You want to know why I like
her rather unremarkable body?
Because inside that body
is another body
that only comes out at night.
It has only been one month
since you moved out
but already the fingers
of this right hand
are beginning to miss you.
Did you think I could forget
your body beside me all night long?
No sleeping pill is strong enough
to replace your familiar leg
casually sliding over me.
Looking for flowers
on the Fourth of July
I discovered two
just ready to blossom
under your red blouse.
Was it because I yawned
in the motel room
that you tried to put
your body, one part at a time,
into my mouth?
The Poet's Companion - by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux