Lyrical Somerville – November 9

On November 9, 2011, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times

Don’t you remember all the details of the car that you and your first lover steamed? Don’t you remember the appointments of the room–when you made that carnal swoon? Poet Susan Tepper sure does.

Why I Can’t Be Your Lover

It was about the long stretch

of body—

and rumpled sheets

Bodies on sheets, mine shorter

on top of your long body—

the milk caressing the pitcher

and traffic and the outside

rushing past high draped windows

over-stuffed chair, a dresser,

a floor lamp bent at the odd angle

—Susan Tepper

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