DEFINING EROS
Desire words of Rilke, Catullus, Rumi
lift the body toward delicacy
like the scent
before the savoring
of tea.
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That naked girl in spectacles
reading Borges.
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May pleasuring prevail.
May all dear bodies know full joy.
(Name one of us who’d not be touched all over).
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The lover gains his bliss
feeling what he feels she feels
to feel his hands, his lips.
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How beautiful we were
with all our youth at play
not knowing then, despite our heat,
that we were burning
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