Said the Doe to the Lioness

Doe--Lubec, Maine

Said the Doe to the Lioness

  

So it all goes, upward

like the deer’s pop eyes,

whoever devours the lion

tastes the deer’s flavor

                Alan Dugan

Idyll of Ascension

All of it’s all about

getting in getting

                o

                                u

                                                t

                                g

                n

i

                fly

                                or

                                f

                                a

                                l

                                l

                                i

                                                n

                                                g

but not

                straight in

                                                out

                                     down

                                                                up

                the crotch

                                you’re caught up

                                                in

or antler or bone

                                of horn

                or, in the way back

                                                                of your wet jaw...- it makes

a difference to me

                                                being consumed by you

                                                                I meant this

                                                                I meant this

to be

                                I mean I see it

                                to be

                                about

                                a face

                                I’ve just seen

                                the moon make

                               

                                                her one half a slice of perfect hoof

                                before

                                you’ve bitten

                                into her

                                                because once

                                you’re in the skin

                                and

                                                SETTLED

                a bit

                                                shhhh---wait

                I want you

                I want you to

                                kiss me

               

                but even

                before that

                I want you

                to

                see

                what it is on my lip

the last thing

I’ve eaten is yours

                                come in

                                                take

                                                                eat,

then make me be

                                you        (but only

                                                on the inside)