SEX(about 1984) |
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I live straight down from the zoo and I think about sex, easing in pulling out, the soft swinging penises of snow leopards in the dark, the nubbins of apes the reproductive rites of giraffes, the passions of pachyderms, emus seeking grace, peacocks shrieking and shuddering, bats flying, cats crying -- armadillos rattle with lust, flamingos stand on one leg, the gnu waits wondering. Under the sun and the moon, do they think about me, lying down hill, living so close to the zoo? |
Jan Haag may be reached via e-mail: jhaag@u.washington.edu
The Woman Who Had No Necklaces