Lee Kofman
Erotica

27 July 2009

Erotica
(for D.)
 

again a soft-focus filter between us
and i forgot where i was
beginning our descent into barbarism:
in ease of darkness
he peeled back the sheet and slid his hands
between shadows
and flickers of saints.
patiently.
the crescent curve of his back
And our breaths intertwine on the world's edge
Lashes to lashes. Sky's shades
his head angled backwards,
smooth neck reflecting the sky.
The light flickers,
we both flicker,
 twitch.
to steal under closed doors
then find him, open-eyed and loving.
I don't believe there's anything to say
except,  "I was alive like you. Back then."
When he reads me, I'm reading him
I wish I'd written him


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Lee Kofman

About Lee Kofman


Lee Kofman, the bilingual author of three fiction books (in Hebrew), emigrated from Russia to Israel in 1985, and to Australia in 2000. Since 2002 her short fiction, non-fiction and poetry in English appeared in Australia, Scotland, UK and USA in Australian Best Stories, Island, Griffith Review, Heat, Westerley, Antipodes (USA), Cordite, Brand (UK), Chapman (Scotland) and more. She is the recipient of the Australian Council grant 2004, the Varuna Eric Dark Flagship Fellowship 2005, Emerging Writer-in-Residence in Katharine Susanna Pritchard Writers’ Centre 2007 and several other writing residencies, Varuna Pathways Masterclass Award 2007 and ASA mentorship 2007. She holds MA of Creative Writing (University of Melbourne) and teaches creative writing at various community settings.

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