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no lipstick, no strawberry fields

Men

are fascinated by
     the motion of a zipper

and what they depict,

the perfect curtain of anticipation,
no stage fright

if only it were as easy
as that even paced downward
quest

as easy as gripping the
pull with its quick trail.
— whitetea, Mar 18, 2010

About the Author

Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Chrystos, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rachel M. Simon, Donald Justice, Mary Oliver, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Bukowski, Mary Lambert

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press

press

16 years 2 months ago

whitetea

I will have to say that your opening lines were captivating. Only a lady poet could have structured those words in that way, that a man would have to read farther. Now I think there is so much raw material in this poem that you could expand on. Just my love to you in my words Press
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

….*peeling* layers

....*peeling* layers off. ~A Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
Bonitaj

Bonitaj

16 years 2 months ago

Interesting title

that I am trying to mix in with a clever theme! Well executed! Bonita j
Mark

Mark

16 years 2 months ago

ingenious

Whit.. an ingenious sentence ! Mark Resilient Flexibility
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

This is your art, WT:

This is your art, WT: taking the mundane and creating sublimity. ~A p.s. Were is the correct usage... was would be incorrect, as applied to a possibility.. ECW p.p.s. I forgot to mention the title. Oh, the title!! Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
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pamela

16 years 2 months ago

great job

Dear W., I loved it so perfectly sublime. P.
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 2 months ago

although there are long poems I like,

yours always satisfy my prime criteria of poetry- ruthless elimination of the inessential and compression of meaning. But I wish you would stop clicking "Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)" Your poems do not need much work but it inhibits feedback. This one is potent and perhaps a bit sexist. Zippers unzipping are surely evocative to both genders. Just women and many men think further. Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

Click, click, clikc ,click oooooo

Ann of Norway Oh WHAT A TITLE titivating our minds beforehand in anticipation we pressed the button and sailed into this ladder to depravity, or what not!!! Love Ann
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panaella

16 years 2 months ago

you little tease!

Work this up, young lady!...great theme...I love the fact you focus on sexy subjects. There's definitely more mileage in this image... Ells x
Esker

Esker

16 years 2 months ago

Porno graphe'

great poem imagination is still the greatest thrill for some and not all pants (Dictated by fashion trend location and design..) have zips some have snaps buttons and ties Esker~

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