i_wanted_the_exultation_of_her_flesh
lux I WANTED the exultation of her flesh. For her

I covered my hips with Asian silk,

strengthened my body, modeled my life around

her grace. For her I learned how to pray.

I wanted her eyes, to deprave myself in her

care, to sacrifice sheep for her. And please

her with my habit: she drank from my hand,

she hid in my brambles, she slept under the

brown of my house, and one night she lingered

in my drafts.

She traced some signs, she showed me the way

that leads to the great wall, and upon

drawing a city on paper, she got lost in the

lines like an imaginary dog.

- Myriam Moscona
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