- Non-Erotic Poetry
- In the British Museum
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Egyptian gallery. Amidst the wealth
of splendid sculpture, mummies, tombs and gold
a simple necklace held my eyes. It made
me long to take it from its case and drape
its blue and silver beads on naked skin
enhancing thus two beauties. But too long
one has been hidden from the world, too long
been out of reach. You have no truck with such
outlandish thoughts or feelings, with such things
impractical – and so the vision shifts
on my grey longing, like a worn-out jest,
to lose its shine upon a stranger’s breast.
- COMMENTS
twelveooneabout 11 years agoclash, despite what they say about grey
You have no truck with such- assume you is self reference of the protagonist, this has the voice of a fussy old bat, again I would prefer the flutter of more lively words.
5ed
DawnJabout 11 years agoFor such love to go unrequited is heartbreaking! A beautiful evocation of one man's appreciation for and love of beauty.
greenmountaineerabout 11 years agoI thought you were preparing me for something with "enhancing thus two beauties" for a later dramatic contrast, but I too am confused by the ending.
