- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Miami – Crowds
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The crowds bring me close to panic
walking through the layer of scent
it is all too intimate-
too much knowledge
disconnected from the people it belongs to.
Sweet, sour, medicine
perfume, pungent body,
candy lip gloss,
too much.
I have to twist sideways
to avoid touching strangers.
My throat clenches.
I already know enough.
Damaged wrist,
swollen shoulder,
the woman to my left has a knee that aches when it rains.
Knowledge I can do nothing with
bombards,
and overwhelms.
I hold my breath
and ache for gaps to escape through.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousalmost 19 years agodamn Miami is good for poets. I might have to move!
excellent job communicating not only the message, but giving us the feeling through your word choice, line breaks, good combo of description and actual experience
