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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Dariana Guerrero currently teaches English at the secondary level in Massachusetts. She recently graduated with a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Smith College and is pursuing her M.A. degree in English Literature at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. Dariana has been published in a variety of national and internationally recognized literary magazines and journals. Dariana calls Lawrence, MA home.
Body Worship
He said he'd light me up,
but how much would be burning?
Fingertips spark
burn marks on my flesh,
delineating formations
on the outer edges of the body.
Where does it begin?
Trace the edges
of shoulder blades, fat pouches.
Trace the edges of a shaved labia,
trace the bumps of razor rash
with a tongue
set on fire
by overflowing liquid and bite.
Body worship:
translate touch into memory,
personify the angled ribcage
the breath; the movement
of hands on the throat.
Body worship.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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