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and I don’t mean simply that she’ll sit on top and ask for
more than you think you can give, although she’ll do that.
And you will thrust harder and go longer with her than any
somebody should: when you have to work in the morning,
when the neighbors might wonder, when wives and
husbands are waiting for wayward spouses to come home.
Sweating this much for this many days in a row can’t be
healthy, you will think, and you will ask, where is a glass
of unsalted water when I need it? Where is the person I
used to be, and why is the mirror shaking when the piggy
bank is standing still on the dresser? If this isn’t an
earthquake then what kind of freak beauty is it, exactly?
And though you will be more thirsty than Noah was before
the flood, you’ll find you’ve forgotten things you once
needed: how to hold on, for example, and how to swallow.

Elaina M. Ellis, Change Is a Demanding Lover
1 year ago May 15, 2012 227 notes #Elaina M. Ellis #poetry #lit
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