Thursday, February 28, 2008

A very new poem (as in, like, just now)

I figure I can just jump in on the wake of Valentine's Day with this one.

The Woman (from the perspective of a pair of lips)

The top of a foot
A toe, a toe, a toe, a toe, a toe
An ankle
A shin
A calf
The same calf
A knee
The front of a thigh
The side of a thigh
A hip bone
The right side of a waist
A forehead
An eyelid
A cheeckbone
A cheek
Behind an ear
Behind the same ear
A temple
An eyebrow
The bridge of a nose
The tip of a nose
A lip
A lip
A lip
A mouth


A jawbone
A neck
A collarbone
A shoulder
An armpit
An arm
A shoulder blade
The bottom of a neck
The top of a spine
A spine
A spine
A spine
A spine
The bottom of a spine
A buttock
A hip
An abdomen
A belly
A bellybutton
A belly
A rib
A rib
Underneath a breast
A breast
A nipple
A breast
A chest
A throat
Underneath a chin
A chin
A lip
A mouth
A lip, a lip, a lip, a lip, a lip. . .

-Philip Rey Miguel

© February 2008