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published in: (this) poetry site : issue 5 @
http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.everett1/


Reborn

Water has thick skin I think
but what would I know
my lips are pressed
against the stone,
I practice to love
with my mouth,
to love language
in its layered richness,
to peel it back
without losing any
verbs or nouns
to float inside,
shed the body,
come out in a
clever sentence,
reborn.

©~Ta§ha~ 2000

Email: tasha@sub-con.zzn.com