What is classic
about her beauty--
the full lips
and blue eyes
so many women envy.
What is classic
about her beauty--
and delicious--
twenty-five cent words
and some sort of desire
to travel to Saratoga Springs,
Savannah, Flannery
O'Connor's world.
What is classic--
a world
in beads of sweat,
scraped knees, those scars
no one sees
during darktime sex.
What is classic
about her beauty--
comes in the full
blush of flesh, refrained.

06/15/2008

Posted on 06/15/2008
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