The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 9/11/06)

[RetroLounge]

Kissing

They are kissing, on a park bench,
on the edge of an old bed, in a doorway
or on the floor of a church. Kissing
as the streets fill with balloons
or soldiers, locusts or confetti, water
or fire or dust. Kissing down through
the centuries under sun or stars, a dead tree,
an umbrella, amid derelicts. Kissing
as Christ carries his cross, as Ghandi
sings his speeches, as a bullet
careens through the air toward a child’s
good heart. They are kissing,
long, deep, spacious kisses, exploring
the silence of the tongue, the mute
rungs of the upper palate, hungry
for the living flesh. They are still
kissing when the cars crash and the bombs
drop, when the babies are born crying
into the white air, when Mozart bends
to his bowl of soup and Stalin
bends to his garden. They are kissing
to begin the world again. Nothing
can stop them. They kiss until their lips
swell, their thick tongues quickening
to the budded touch, licking up
the sweet juices. I want to believe
they are kissing to save the world,
but they’re not. All they know
is this press and need, these two-legged
beasts, their faces like roses crushed
together and opening, they are covering
their teeth, they are doing what they have to do
to survive the worst, they are sealing
the hard words in, they are dying
for our sins. In a broken world they are
practicing this simple and singular act
to perfection. They are holding
onto each other. They are kissing.

Dorianne Laux

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RL

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[Callalily]

1. Ahhhhh . . .

Kissing . . . could be that wonderful cure-all!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

2. Mmmm. Kissing is the best.

Except when all you have is memories of the kisses.

;( sigh...

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Good morning, my dear RetroLounge.......

Oh, kissing!

This is wonderful...........so sensual, so erotic, so real...

Thanks ..........:hug:

[RetroLounge]

4. ...

:hug:

RL

[RetroLounge]

5. Kick

:kick:

I know the evening crowd likes kissing...

RL

[lizziegrace]

6. Well yeah

:*

I'm like you, memories only at this point. Maybe someday it'll change. Maybe not...

:hug:

[wildhorses]

7. good choice for today...of all days.

the world needs more kissing


give yourself time RL:


When I was a boy,
I thought it just came to ya
But I never could tell whats mine
So it didnt matter anyway

My only pride and joy
Was this racket down here
Bangin on an old guitar
And singin what I had to say

I always thought our house was haunted
But nobody said boo to me
I never did get what I wanted
Now I get what I need

Chorus:
Its been a slow turnin
From the inside out
A slow turnin
But you come about

Slow learnin
But you learn to sway
A slow turnin baby
Not fade away

Now Im in my car
I got the radio on
Im yellin at the kids in the back seat
cause theyre bangin like charlie watts

You think youve come so far
In this one horse town
Then shes laughin that crazy laugh
cause you havent left the parkin lot

Time is short and heres the damn thing about it
Youre gonna die, gonna die for sure
And you can learn to live with love or without it
But there aint no cure

Slow Turning~John Hiatt

[RetroLounge]

8. Oh God, I love that Album!

Now I gotta go dig it out...

thanks...

RL

[idgiehkt]

9. "...what are all these kissings worth

if thou kiss not me?"

nice, thanks again.

[RetroLounge]

10. Hmmm. Nice.

:9

RL