Dana/ A Lyric

A review of Arielle Guy's Three Geographies: A Milkmaid's Grimoire

......................................................-----the warm is

................................................................................orgasm

..................like water

turning..................................... to stone

......................................................we become divinations--------

.................................veins,.....the wet

drifting into folds of a canvas,...........the bed,

..........................where man has been

.....persuaded...............to open...........to discover

.......lips..........in the break of Absence


....................................................a soft mechanism/where?

flesh-glass,.....................chrysalis lovers, the aftermath

of a body you call................................."milk"


..................................The warm is

what an eyeball sees when the lights go out

...........................................................................in New York

................there are so many ghosts --------------

......................................................................................we are hungry

Lethargic musk about the pillows where you recite the song of

sleep,...lullaby...psalmody


...............................I recall the slumberous gloss

.....of your thighs

.......................................................the keen eye-wink,........pubic hair

.............................unraveling

................................................................to a pattern

.................................................... of accidents