by Özge Lena
As part of our collection of work submitted to the blog due to being overqualified for Swim Press’ issue, we have a poem pertaining to the theme of bodies.
La Petite Mort
I want to feed the body what
it needs: you
on the floor surrounded
by candles on the books
of philosophy
I want to turn the body what
it yearns: us
on the table wrapped
in tears in saliva in semen
body wants you wanting me wanting you
in me in you in me
two caterpillars morphing
into one single butterfly
wanting to die
to die a little and then to cry
for you asking the vital question
of philosophy: why why why
kill me a little because
at the same time I want
to die.
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