A poem about being possessed by lust and how the monstrous demons may be sated.
Or not.
I must confess I’d read my fair share of Whitman at the time of writing this piece, and so must have unconsciously borrowed the phrase “body electric” from his Leaves of Grass. I must also confess, however, that I was not aware until searching for the phrase from Whitman’s poem, that the words also appeared in song lyrics by Lana Del Rey. Though I’m more than familiar with them now. Bodies That Made Me Electric explores a moment of rare detachment between body & soul, when multiple bodies blur into one & the same in the pursuit of satisfying lust.
Originally published by Powders Press for their Pride Issue 2023, but actually written as part of a pair of poems inspired by a writing prompt for Bullshit Lit’s Anti-Valentine’s Issue.
I’m endeavouring to share more of my own poetry going forward, so you’ll likely be getting much more of this nonsense in your inbox, and I’ll be focusing work by other poets into my Ex/rotic Friday posts.
Beautiful.