20
Dec
10

Receipt for an Acquired Taste


     Black market
     where my lips found purchase
     not so loathsome

     a fair exchange—
     salt shadow for
     brackish appetite—

     you to your self interest
     and I to my own
     indulgences, in trade

     as negotiated in advance
     over our rival loves
     to bitter indigestion

     kept like an afterthought
     on the tongue's numb tip
     for the tax deduction.


1 Response to “Receipt for an Acquired Taste”


  1. 2010.12.20 at 6:15 pm

    Wow…this one really speaks to me of a negotiated relationship…powerful words.


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