Tonight (A Rebutt Poem) Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

Tonight (A Rebutt Poem)



Tonight....
I look for you again,
and when I find you
I shall swoop
bald eagle like
sharp talons gently
securely
claim the prize
that Nature has,
in her astonishment
as well
earmarked
in the appendix of
her master plan.
You are, indeed
my breath,
each beat
a drum's sweet symphony,
olfactory
so pleased by you,
fine perfumes
rise from apocrines
into my soul,
Schneiderian folds
straight passage
to the mind,
pituitary style,
swift messengers
despatched
through rivers red
so many stops to make,
adrenals too,
constrict
and dew from Cowper's
just to tease
and ultimately please,
addicted,
frazzled telomeres
in handsome genes
yes you may drink
and lick my wounds
as I do yours
we step
with agile feet
back from the brink
and brace our eyes
to dive into the flood
where no one hears our cries.
Tis right, I say
fatigue must wait
for yet another century,
I court
forever brave,
would be,
if asked
your new devoted slave,
yet here we are,
have travelled
brief but far,
have knitted from pure silk
a web,
tis ours now,
you tidied it,
wiped off the dust
and placed soft cushions
near the fireplace,
I read the plaque
etched in the granite stone
For Love And Lust,
and WELCOME
is the word,
we utter it
in unison,
then whisper
as we kiss
there is
a spot of moisture
on your face,
oh yes,
there is as well on mine.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fiona Davidson 31 January 2009

Excellent imagery running through this Herbert...love the flow...thank you...Fi...10++

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