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Valerie Fox
Where to start when you haven't
had sex in quite some time


Bring your sleeping bag and pretend it's a sleep-over. After all,
possession is 4/5 of occupancy. I read that in a manual once. In a
bookstore.

Pretend you have two lives, if not two thousand.

Stimulants, such as cut-out cookies laced with designer drugs, are
about as hip as a personal metal detector.

Colonize your cousin's thickening plot. This is exotic and gives you
the chance to be late.

Or, try this fish and vinegar. If that doesn't work, try crab and
artichoke casserole.

Casseroles are sexy.

p.s. You have colonized my thoughts long enough. Can't wait another
five minutes or until the next Liliputian war.

Mix the dough with your hands and fingers. Get your feet wet.

Think about how you say it. Nothing can beat a euphemism, if
delicate; though when handled roughly, they are just so much trade
and sugar.

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Valerie Fox has published work in Hanging Loose, The World, and  numerous other journals. Work is forthcoming in sonaweb.  She has also recently contributed to Common Wealth: Contemporary  Poets on Pennsylvania .  Her latest book,The Rorschach Factory , is  due out any minute from Straw Gate Press. Website:  leafscape.org/vfox 
email: Valerie Fox