Bending the Rules

ungovernable
the female form

negligently bending legs
thrust stung’d tempers

perfecting movements
curiously breathing

as the plenitude of his beard
armchairs her face

freshly cheeking
bargaining the tight sermons

her loud words
her swelled heart

her eyesight now equally wombs

without words
without kneeling

the credulous poems ignite
ideally funding the greatness of her faith

and with a religion that mysteriously demands

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17 thoughts on “Bending the Rules

  1. this poem felt so sexual that I was surprised with the appearance of religion. And I’m thinking out loud here when I say that it sounds as if here her love (I might even say her sexuality) and her faith seem to not be in contradiction with one another because “the religion demands nothing” but the title says “bending the rules” so I guess they are in contradiction.
    That’s one of the reason I like this poem because I feel like I could go both ways.
    Thanks for this!

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