We Will Never Be Closer Than This
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:40 am
We Will Never Be Closer Than This
by Bonnie J Adams
there are various positions.
forgive me,
i left you perched
open on page ninety-five,
precarious on the rim
an open toilet,
water laps while
i study my own scars,
then shave my legs
smooth in the bath,
unconventional acts of intimacy
into the late nights of
an Ottawa winter.
12/15/2003
*Authors note: One night in the dead of an Ottawa winter I was in the bath with "Various Positions" thinking of how Leonard had followed me throughout my childhood and early adulthood, a silent unknowing influential mentor of sorts, and how profoundly in place i felt that we really would never be closer than this.
by Bonnie J Adams
there are various positions.
forgive me,
i left you perched
open on page ninety-five,
precarious on the rim
an open toilet,
water laps while
i study my own scars,
then shave my legs
smooth in the bath,
unconventional acts of intimacy
into the late nights of
an Ottawa winter.
12/15/2003
*Authors note: One night in the dead of an Ottawa winter I was in the bath with "Various Positions" thinking of how Leonard had followed me throughout my childhood and early adulthood, a silent unknowing influential mentor of sorts, and how profoundly in place i felt that we really would never be closer than this.