the still reproach of, the borrowed line:
learning to read eyes well, mostly,
where matters of contact count
& the spirit is courted
women not called & others
not called again
morbid curiosity & still
the still less promiscuous joy
a rightful mind of fire
& stillness
sharing your body
with other loves
& feeling love's brief knot
& going away & fecund
& telling
you only
the visible
in private
Sex at 31
by Jamie Bradley
above/ground press broadside #307
Jamie Bradley's poetry has appeared most recently or is forthcoming in CV 2, Moria, Otoliths and Rattle. His chapbooks include Compositions (Angel House Press, 2008) and the collaborative anthology Dalhousie Blues (Ex-hubris, 2009), with Christine McNair, Sean Moreland and Caleb JW Brassett. He is an instructor in English at the University of Ottawa.
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