Neighbor Book 6 Afterward
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NEIGHBOR
Book 6
AF TE RW AR DS
Ed Baker
9/26/1998 7/5/2007
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first draft 1998 for
CID
2007for
JS, JM, SS, FC, Bob, Chuck, David
&
"what's her name"
many of these poems (in different form published in:Persimmon, Frogpond, Tundra, Longhouse, moonset, &
countless 'other' forgettable (online) magazines
copyright (c) 2007, by Ed Baker
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AFTERWARDS
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betterfrom hereclimb higher
in her window reflecting clouds my mind
on sill insect over here huge grin
bugeyes devouring full moon
difficulty seeing I climb higher a different view
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rain rain sheraises her legalso window
between our houses wavering spider drops
in driveway tiny nipples arousing
little tangles her long, black hair I look for a way in
behind her tree bending into discovery
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flowerprint summer dresspressinginto her exactly
thin legs going into an 'attitude'
hip s seduction practiced
lips sipping also, red wine
all so open how nice
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in her bedI hear mycall
Bone fish on ceiling swims away
door slammed leaving green Vulvo
in window gazing hard on
house quiet missing even her pointed nose
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from herewatchingher burn my poems
cutting chilipeppers this late not much is prepared
sesame seeds added to her running commentary
far away falling against
excessive gust uplifting her summer skirt
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crossing her legsalsothis drive way
yellow flower holding onto cracked vase
perched on sill situate bag of bones
from this height falling this old cat
writing this not same as kissing her
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makeout couchand the juicynothing better
her gaze straining what seen
inside this smell a woman whistling
into her suddenly w out hesitation
far beyond frog moon leaps
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sighing comesalso signalskiss kiss kiss kiss yoko's
sheets & words silken and the w o w
hangdown hair moist mouth blowing me away
long, bony foot up my ass leaving
across from here sparkling what needs go there
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how many mouthsunconsciouslyhave done this
opening closing incessantly what did I expect
again unbending "I have to pee" "Later"
one peep eyetoeye groping
farther back falling pleasant bahngs
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clearlywhat is realignored
wet dress clinging eyes
shade all the way down all the way
suddenly surprising she
remembering suddenly I am overcome
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back against treeturn is intosudden leer
be yond Flower Avenue who is caring?
rootbound in window well
forget chill sit s naked in this woozy
at least open it s risky
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look outpoints tosymbol
DAMN! another mosquito biting her ass
AHHHH kiss w tongue so far in out of the question
hook in eye catching my attention
close to her obfuscates desire
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thinner nowatangle ofbodies
tiny mouth eating thoroughly this tawdry
old cat left alone w nothing
chirp ping breaks through her silence
through even this a wanton sun
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"my father raped me"and the scar?"cut is deep"
remembering the bullshit not who you are
here there yet no orgasm
sunmoon metaphors hide the funk
jumps out degrees on wall Doctor of Women s Studies
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relentless ly movingjust so just soold crabs
so many words failing this po em
light in window flickering her resolve
going in clearing a space
fire in mind everything else relative
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not a cloudwatchingher cat
again going to nightschool
broomstick leaning against wall
among these pages searching for We
bending words bending meaning no difference
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beside myselfpulling outanother "book"
how undone writing s condition
afterwards lighting a cigarette she pontificates
tomorrow a good time to go as it is
so much shade under this branch why move?
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twoasoneswim awaywomb
later writing in journal "I know she exists."
marginal even that this
some books depend upon exactly
not another drop of wine spilling
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caught in the actsomething to getout of
suddenly smelling her/me
long coupling s binding us towards same
Afterwards a "rule" arises let it
early on they made her a Saint it s validation
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NUTZ to youback and forthmarauding ants
another postcard from Kyoto "every day...write a book"
hiking up another mountain another an other
these words these stones (silence)
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