October Leaf 93 Poems by Teen/Young Adult Author Jean-Thomas Cullen at Galley City

4. YOUR EYES (ENNUI)

Your eyes are not on fire;
you sit with lyre in lap
leaning against the window
where evening's sun nectars
deepen, making you drunker;
My eyes chance to caress
your white thighs, soft breast,
your belly all tawny
and honeyed in that opiate light.
Your-eyes are lustrous,
half-closed;
No there is nothing to exchange
more reddish than glances;
And so will you remain,
lazy and reclining between
amber curtains, panes of glass.

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