tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939248839394724732.post4231744942082544657..comments2023-08-19T10:35:00.722-04:00Comments on Touched By A Monkey: Become a monkeyD'Anne Witkowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11202721313817778194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939248839394724732.post-34502290859420750752007-12-07T11:23:00.000-05:002007-12-07T11:23:00.000-05:00Claire, This is awesome. Thanks. I will check more...Claire, This is awesome. Thanks. I will check more of her stuff out.<BR/>D'AnneD'Anne Witkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202721313817778194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939248839394724732.post-78746433453119112392007-12-05T17:56:00.000-05:002007-12-05T17:56:00.000-05:00Monkey love!!! Woot!I wanted to see if you have ev...Monkey love!!! Woot!<BR/><BR/>I wanted to see if you have ever read any Amy Gerstler. She's my favorite poet. If my books weren't packed right now (we were going to move to Royal Oak, but now we're not - long story), I'd put my favorite two or three here. Here is a good one though:<BR/><BR/>Hymn to the Neck <BR/>by Amy Gerstler<BR/><BR/>Tamed by starched collars or looped by the noose,<BR/><BR/>all hail the stem that holds up the frail cranial buttercup.<BR/><BR/>The neck throbs with dread of the guillotine's kiss, while<BR/><BR/>the silly, bracelet-craving wrists chafe in their handcuffs.<BR/><BR/>Your one and only neck, home to glottis, tonsils,<BR/><BR/>and many other highly specialized pieces of meat, <BR/><BR/>is covered with stubble. Three mornings ago, undeserving<BR/><BR/>sinner though she is, yours truly got to watch you shave<BR/><BR/>in the bath. Sap matted your chest hair. A clouded <BR/><BR/>hand mirror reflected a piece of your cheek. Vapor<BR/><BR/>rose all around like spirit-infested mist in some fabled<BR/><BR/>rainforest. The throat is the road. Speech is its pilgrim. <BR/><BR/>Something pulses visibly in your neck as the words<BR/><BR/>hand me a towel flower from your mouth.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hugs, ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com