“Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do.”
–Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
as they drove home
she spoke of love
he abstracted
her words with books
oblivious
or perhaps not
to her intent
she could not say
the words before
they came that night
she told him that
out of the blue
as they both danced
about the truth
afraid of what
all this might mean
he shifted gears
and changed the song
spoke of discourse
instead of her
or his desire
eros giggled
along the edge
of what they said
he dropped her off
without a kiss
quite inchoate
like this delayed
analysis
(January 13, 2015)
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