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A Gentle Cringe.

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A Gentle Cringe.

Morose stare,
Through Jaded glass,
Sullen temperament,
Ensnared,
Coupled in the silent,
Motion.

Gliding unseen,
But surly felt,
Scolding touch,
Inescapable grasp,
Of writhing arms.

A gentle cringe,
Not so subtle heave.
As perspiration echoes,
From wall to wall.

Falling like tears.

Upon an agreed gasp,
Palpable scent of each other,
Consumes emptiness,
To falter and settle.

As they do in one another.

10/11/05

Inspired by the entrancing smile of a random girl in passing
That changed into this...don’t ask me how.
Something that started as one thing and mutated into another in my head....yeah tells you about my head doesnt it :)
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I read it at least five times before I read the elucidating comments. I didn't even come close (to figuring out the meaning), and I'll tell you why. Well, besides the ever present fact that I am too literal-minded.

"Jaded glass," I'm thinking to myself, "What could that possibly mean?.... Oh, green eyes!" :doh2:

"Morose", "sullen." Not words I'd normally associate with sex. I mean, a 'morose stare' would be likely to kill the mood... At least in any sex I've experienced...

Now that I understand what's going on, I think the second stanza is very good...

The third stanza, too, although it crossed my mind (before I understood the poem) that it would be a apt image of what it feels like to 'throw up.' Ok, now that I know what the poem is really about, it makes me laugh that that's what occured to me on the first reading!

The last stanza, and the rest, actually gave me a clue, and I looked up to see if you had classified the poem as 'romance' or 'erotic,' but then I saw that you hadn't... so I was at sea.

Nice poem, just difficult to figure out.