Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FLESH WORLD, by TOONI GORDI


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FLESH WORLD, by                    
First Line: O witness now the tyranny of flesh
Last Line: Where laws must end with each beginning kiss.


O witness now the tyranny of flesh --
When manifest, it blinds the earthly sight;
The sensuous nostril wavers in its light,
The finely textured finger must enmesh
Its elasticity, its firing curves;
Voluptuous the thirsty lips that taste
Of ecstasy while limbs are interlaced
And hearts rave wildness that the ear preserves!

How for each two and two the flesh is god,
Flaming into wildest pagan innuendo,
Closed in a world of intricate shadow,
Where rules relentless reach from some high Rod.
Subject and ruler follow lines of bliss,
Where laws must end with each beginning kiss.





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