On her knees on the grassgreen carpet
on her knees mouth open eyes closed
to receive the love-gift
take and eat - this
my Body.
Quick she lifts her face for the inbreath
her face a garden
of roses and pink lilies
her face an orchid
with a dripping purple tongue.
Quick she tilts her head
the hair falls forward to reveal
white arch of the neck
under the invisible black lace mantilla
smelling of marsala and salt.
GESTES INTERDITS
The open-mouthed kiss
slow slow drink with the eyes
half-shut
backward glance, over the shoulder
half-smile
the closed-mouth kiss, teeth pressed behind
the open right hand
fingers apart
The knees apart
arms ninety degrees apart
sky over, earth under
one knee on stone
one on water
mouth open eyes shut
mouth open lips open
eyes shut
knee to shoulder
feet on the ceiling
mouth open eyes shut
stomach to stomach
hipbones locked
hair trailing in water
hands open eyes open
mouth shut
Grace Andreacchi is an American-born novelist, poet and playwright. Works include the novels Scarabocchio and Poetry and Fear, Music for Glass Orchestra (Serpent’s Tail), Give My Heart Ease (New American Writing Award) and the chapbook Elysian Sonnets. Her work appears in Horizon Review, Eclectica, Word Riot and many other fine places. Grace is also managing editor at Andromache Books and writes a regular literary blog, Amazing Grace. She lives in London.
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