[from O Taste and See by Denise Levertov]
Song for Ishtar
The moon is a sow
and grunts in my throat
Her great shining shines through me
so the mud of my hollow gleams
and breaks in silver bubbles
She is a sow
And I a pig and a poet
When she opens her white
lips to devour me I bite back
and laughter rocks the moon
In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine
I really like the short, simple lines of this, and the wonderful contrast between grunting and shining. Such contrasts are what make the world beautiful.
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