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Karen Suriano
velvet cement jigsaw
 
velvet cement jigsaw
shift and chink
ah
 
his kiss
(unlike the earthworm squirm of adolescent lips)
his kiss
soft crushing feather fall
 
his tongue
(not the rasping plunge of tentacle fumbling inexperience)
his tongue
spring's blush parting knitfisted petals
and the tangling of dangling loosejointed toes
 
his hands
(opposite the greedy child-in-the-cookiejar
in haste to remain undiscovered
leaving me brokencrumbed fumbled on the counter)
his hands
breathe sun through my buttons
whispering hillocks to mountain peaks
gracing silken slopes with summer breeze
lifting skirted guilt up and away
 
before him
I was mere insensate rock
unspun in vacuous shame
 
he lightningsplit me open
unravelling the heavens
god shaking loose creation
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Homegrown in Chicago, Karen Suriano earned a BA in Theatre from Loyola University. Her passion in life is her family, particularly inspired by her two daughters and the steadfast support of her husband. Currently disguised as a legal assistant in Portland, Oregon, she witnesses the surrounding skyscrapers shoulder out the view of mountains and pine, and vaguely wonders if her theatre degree will ever be put to use. Her poetry appears at INeedCoffee.com, Coffee News, PoetrySuperHighway.com, Gilkatho.com (Australia), and she has performed her work with PoetSpeak (PoetSpeak.com).  email: Karen Suriano