A Body Poem by Pere Risteski

A soldier in front of a guard house
under a golden castle
with stairs on which stick out
empty chambers
it is in no other place
on Planet Earth
I wonder, round around
― your body.
A marble monument
that attracks curious
hairy and bold
to photo
to touch
to pet
to admire to
―your body.
I'm a wonderer
blacken from the sun
once I wanted to talk
and now with my head up side down
on a pillow
with a speechless mouth
― about your body.