THE PRACTICE OF SEVERAL STIGMATICS
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Alison Eastley
Alison Eastley has been published in many fine journals including Blue Fifth Review, The Adirondack Review, Taint, The Absinthe Review. She has poems forthcoming in Sometimes City, Pig Iron Malt, and Snow Monkeys. By Alison Eastley
Published on 10/6/2003
I think of that kinky over
the-top knee boot and those
tortuous streets, enigmatic
as the earthy ochre of Siena
blends blood with the blessed
Virgins simple black and white
the-top knee boot and those
tortuous streets, enigmatic
as the earthy ochre of Siena
blends blood with the blessed
Virgins simple black and white
I think of that kinky over
the-top knee boot and those
tortuous streets, enigmatic
as the earthy ochre of Siena
blends blood with the blessed
Virgins simple black and white
decadence as decisive as the time
cords tied my wrists and you
covered my eyes leaving
invisible preoccupations
reproducing themselves
the way hands, feet or brows
express ecstatic suffering
disguised as some sort of razor
sharp thrill. It hasn't always
been this way. If I could see
you again, I'd leave
bruises pulped into stone
softened by the first time
we met, when we thought
we were in Rome.
Copyright © Alison Eastley, 2003. All Rights Reserved.
the-top knee boot and those
tortuous streets, enigmatic
as the earthy ochre of Siena
blends blood with the blessed
Virgins simple black and white
decadence as decisive as the time
cords tied my wrists and you
covered my eyes leaving
invisible preoccupations
reproducing themselves
the way hands, feet or brows
express ecstatic suffering
disguised as some sort of razor
sharp thrill. It hasn't always
been this way. If I could see
you again, I'd leave
bruises pulped into stone
softened by the first time
we met, when we thought
we were in Rome.
Copyright © Alison Eastley, 2003. All Rights Reserved.