Cheryl 'cat' Townsend - the-hold.com/october 2001

HERE
with my hips wide
in hysterectomy and
cheesecake recourse
With breasts soft
against my ribcage
My fanny below
my Levi pockets
Here
with the knowing
what is outside
merely hides who
I am and that when
you get past what
hinders there is
all that matters now

ENIGMA
Who am I? / A Riddle
I am not
what reflects
from your eyes
No cliche
can contain me

I am your daydream
interrupted
I am the very second
of orgasm
That shadow
that breaks your sleep
but eludes focus
The voice you swear
you hear in the breeze
The scent that
always reminds you
of something
I sit on the tip
of your tongue
holding that word
laughing
at how hard it is
to know me

SHAMAN
I taste the forest
on your neck
the ground in
each fingertip
smell the mountain
woven in your hair
I close my eyes
and follow in your
journey

from the Citore collection
(spelled backwards is Erotic)

Stockings

Squat

Whisk

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Cheryl A Townsend used to publish IMPETUS...now she just collects the poetry and answers disgruntled mail from the senders. Ahh. She runs cat's Impetuous Books in Kent, OH...where she also pretends to be doing business. She does a lot of photography and thinks that's where all her poetic vision went. She is probably fatter than the last time you saw her.

photography: WarmArts Impetus Nudescapes - Shadows and angles - The body Ascension Gallery Cat's Impetus Gallery Shop A Sampling of Townsend Images of Cheryl Townsend Disquieting Muses: February 1999 Issue Disquieting Muses: May 1999 Issue The photography of Cheryl A.Townsend
poetry: cat Cheryl A. Townsend - Sex Is Poetry Cheryl Townsend Cheryl Townsend/Impetus Journal: Townsend first page
In the e-zines: (50)GOD'S WORK: killer writings Disquieting Muses: February 1999 Issue Disquieting Muses: May 1999 Issue Perihelion

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