Wednesday, February 14, 2024

THE TRUE LOVER

 for Molly


Ovid says

is not quite right in the head

also lovers find clothes too restricting

and are happier in underwear and hosiery


Cercamon says he is

both luxurious and sick

and ‘my sickness hath a wonderful appearance’


according to Wyatt he's all about

long small arms 

and pallid thighs

naked feet and imperious looks

all in the aftermath 

of a pleasant guise


for Housman he's a melancholy corpse

whistling so softly

you can barely hear

you'll taste before you see the blood

that drips from his throat

which like enough is slit from ear to ear


That is a pretty scary picture isn’t it

maybe it will give you a nightmare

and if it does I hope 

with all my heart

I'll see you there






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