Poem 

Words like silhouettes
huddled around a fire pit



protrusions
smoothed over like
well sucked candy
a nose
or hand
defaced

a mouth

worn off by
pious kisses

what is the name of something wild that
descended from domesticated creatures?

a small animal
with wet belly
fur washing, but
never ridding, only
replacing one with
another

your scent

which is
like aged denim

radiating

lived experiences
the worshippers
need not look at

the icon

it marks a place, they know
what it exemplifies
i don’t remember

the word

its definition something
of an earthy temperament


*


protrusions
smoothed over
like well sucked
candy — a nose
or hand defaced
a mouth worn
off by pious
kisses

what is the name
of something wild
that descended from
domesticated creatures?
a small animal with
wet belly fur
washing, but never
ridding, only replacing
one with another

your scent, which
is like aged
denim radiating lived
experiences

the worshippers need
not look at
the icon, it
marks a place,
they know what
it exemplifies

i don’t remember
the word, its
definition something of
an earthy temperament


*


                   protrusions smoothed over
your scent, which 
                   like well sucked candy
is like aged denim, 
                   a nose or hand defaced,
radiating
                   a mouth worn off by
lived experiences


                   pious kisses
what is the name of
                   a small animal
  something wild that
                   with wet belly fur
descended 
                   washing, but never ridding,
from 
                   only replacing one
domesticated creatures?
                   with another


i don’t remember the word,


                   the worshippers need not look at the icon

                   it marks a place,
its definition
                   they know what
something
                   it exemplifies
of an earthy temperament



Anna Lorbeer