Rosmarie Waldrop
RELATIVE CAUSES
the play of light
over the shutters
uncertain lips
about Saltwoman:
vengeance of tunnels
hands on her swamp of aches
nostrils quivering
it's the inside of her legs
like the posture of
and the hem of a skirt
to take hold
of the available knee
her belly:
leaning toward evening
when you scraped her hand
did you hear how
her fingers cracked?
her elbows indifferent
to manners
they only bring out
(in her practical body)
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Copyright Rosmarie Waldrop 1980
