The flowerlike
animal perfume
in the god-s curly
hair -
don-t assume
that like a flower
his attributes
are there to tempt
you or
direct the moth-s
hunger -
simply he is
the temple of himself,
hair and hide
a sacrifice of blood and flowers
on his altar
if any worshipper
kneel or not.
Eros
Denise Levertov
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Poem topics: animal, flower, god, hunger, hide, hair, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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