Poem
Michelle Green
KNEE HIGH
KNEE HIGH
KNEE HIGH
Every few days she comes for me without failand slides inside
perfectly fitting -
her creases my creases
her toes my end.
She takes me without a second thought
white knuckled
and frantically pushing,
pulling,
pushing in
till I begin to respond.
I stretch my tongue up
over the long flesh space above.
Corseted laces wind through my grip
crossing
binding together for warmth
for strength
for the journey.
My skin bends in tune with her movements
and as muscles contract
we heat up –
ready to move
faster.
She’s late
but I’m well prepared
cause this knee high affair just makes me stronger.
Perfection grows longer with the sweat on my sole
supple next to hers.
No stopping for rest, just to stretch
from end to end
to the tips of my embrace.
On we race
and I’m holding
on
and I’m holding
in:
keeping myself between her and any that would dare to touch.
In return she will smooth me down
work her fingers into
every crevice:
minute attentions
to the details of my skin.
Now inside
slower moving
tension slackening
I am
untied
undone
and left
in the corner –
not her only
pair
of boots.
pair
of boots.
© 2006, Michelle Green
Michelle Green
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1976)
Michelle Green was born in Portsmouth and brought up in Cornwall and Canada. Her poems and short stories have appeared in a variety of anthologies, publications and radio shows, including the recent issue of Citizen 32 magazine, as well as the upcoming Bitch Lit (Crocus Books 2006) and City Secrets (Crocus Books 2002) short story anthologies.
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KNEE HIGH
Every few days she comes for me without failand slides inside
perfectly fitting -
her creases my creases
her toes my end.
She takes me without a second thought
white knuckled
and frantically pushing,
pulling,
pushing in
till I begin to respond.
I stretch my tongue up
over the long flesh space above.
Corseted laces wind through my grip
crossing
binding together for warmth
for strength
for the journey.
My skin bends in tune with her movements
and as muscles contract
we heat up –
ready to move
faster.
She’s late
but I’m well prepared
cause this knee high affair just makes me stronger.
Perfection grows longer with the sweat on my sole
supple next to hers.
No stopping for rest, just to stretch
from end to end
to the tips of my embrace.
On we race
and I’m holding
on
and I’m holding
in:
keeping myself between her and any that would dare to touch.
In return she will smooth me down
work her fingers into
every crevice:
minute attentions
to the details of my skin.
Now inside
slower moving
tension slackening
I am
untied
undone
and left
in the corner –
not her only
pair
of boots.
pair
of boots.
KNEE HIGH
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