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Suzanne Valadon Speaks to Renoir’s Wife

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 11, 2026| 2 Comments »


 
 
You thought you could erase our affair
the way you erased from his painting my face,
but everyone knew it was me—
my head flung back in laughter,
my gaze on his lips as he painted my bliss.
Perhaps it’s his child who runs
now through my rooms. Perhaps not.
I remember his hands,
his firm touch as he moved
my body just so, just so. Oh so very just so.
I remember knowing it would never be forever.
I didn’t cry when I let him go.
Aline, I am not your worry.
Still, he will never forget me.
I gave myself completely to him for a time.
That kind of joy stains us through.
Makes us new. To erase me,
you would erase him, too.

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Just Before the Rain

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 8, 2017| 2 Comments »

 

 

 

something urgent in the way

the wind pulls on my skirt,

less like a child and more

like a lover, hungry, saying,

now, right now, it doesn’t

matter who’s looking,

we could do it

right here

 

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Listening to Spiegel im Spiegel

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

 

 

 

the violin slowly sings down the scale, a blue dress slipping off a shoulder

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Innocent Bystander

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 15, 2014| 1 Comment »

Stirring inside the barely
open flower, the bee
dances his legs
in the golden
pollen, his whole
body trembles against
the core until he is wading
in gold, he is covered,
he glitters and I
become fully
flower.

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