The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 6/17/06)

[RetroLounge]

The Connoisseuse of Slugs

When I was a connoisseuse of slugs
I would part the ivy leaves, and look for the
naked jelly of those gold bodies,
translucent strangers glistening along the
stones, slowly, their gelatinous bodies
at my mercy. Made mostly of water, they would shrivel
to nothing if they were sprinkled with salt,
but I was not interested in that. What I liked
was to draw aside the ivy, breathe the
odor of the wall, and stand there in silence
until the slug forgot I was there
and sent its antennae up out of its
head, the glimmering umber horns
rising like telescopes, until finally the
sensitive knobs would pop out the
ends, delicate and intimate. Years later,
when I first saw a naked man,
I gasped with pleasure to see that quiet
mystery reenacted, the slow
elegant being coming out of hiding and
gleaming in the dark air, eager and so
trusting you could weep.

Sharon Olds

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RL

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[yvr girl]

1. Howdy stranger

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

3. Hey there my flirtatious friend

How are things?

:hug:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Ah, my dear Retro.....

What a lovely and erotic image this is.....

Truly lovely!

A great set of metaphors......

Thank you....

:loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

4. I just bought one of her books, and it is pretty good stuff

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

RL

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Gee, how did I know sex would come into this?

:eyes:

:P :P

Good poem, btw.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

6. You know what Yeats said...

only two things worth writing about: sex and death. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

7. Sex and Death

2 things you are too young to know much about :D

:hi:

RL

[wildhorses]

8. what does it say about me that I would rather watch a slug

do it's thing...

never mind don't answer that

it kind of jolted me...(dumbass that I am)

I was all into the innocence of my childhood
and out popped all this manhood



:hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. "out popped all this manhood"

:rofl:

:hi:

RL

[wildhorses]

10. ......

;)