Proximity 

 

To eating 

 

To fucking 

 

To intimacy lately 

 

is hiring a stranger

to examine my piss 

through a microscope 

 

 

Proximity 

 

To fleeing 

 

To aching 

 

To feeling 

 

is the stranger at the fish counter;

to be handled like a hunk 

of flesh and scales 

 

 

Proximity 

 

To ability 

 

To wantonness

 

To discretion here 

 

is being the woman no one 

and everyone wants 

simultaneously 

 

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Proximity 

 

To loving 

 

To observing 

 

To being now 

 

is a fervent patience 

for a better body 

and the right time 

 

To come along