Nude as an Optical Illusion
body as a kind of deer blind, age nine
nothing of substance, clothes empty of
body. as one disappears underwater
or behind a fence, think nothing of it: body as one becomes
illusion. this is what you must tell yourself : it is not your will, it is not your
“someone could have seen you” “but no one did”
“no more argument.”
body as a kind of examination, a study
in tethering oneself against one’s love. No
devotion would be worth the slaughter nor for lamb nor for daughter nor
(laughter), a shutting door.