{"id":1175,"date":"2008-02-28T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2008-02-28T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T09:16:00","slug":"new-work-by-samantha-desmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/new-work-by-samantha-desmond\/","title":{"rendered":"New work by Samantha Desmond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fucking at work<\/span>

Lust can happen in a second or a year<\/span>
But let me tell you it always dies.<\/span>
It can produce the sublime<\/span>
Butterflies being released en masse<\/span>
On your wedding day<\/span>
But remember lover, its also the shiny apple<\/span>
Each bite will bring us closer to divorce.<\/span>


Swimming in Sugar<\/span>

The pubic hair sticks together<\/span>
closing me off from any release.<\/span>
Only Semen could dilute <\/span>
The stickiness that\u2019s sogging the brain,<\/span>
pushing me back into the sheets.<\/span>

It fuses my fingers together<\/span>
So I have claws instead of fists.<\/span>
I\u2019m left defenceless<\/span>
To let the syrup drown me<\/span>
But for everyone else to say<\/span>
How sweet I\u2019ve become<\/span>

You attract more with honey then you do <\/span>
with my brand of acid vinegar,<\/span>
Or so my mother taught me.<\/span>
She likes to make my father<\/span>
sticky toffee pudding-<\/span>
That\u2019s why they\u2019ve been married <\/span>
for more then twenty five years.<\/span>


21st Century Helen<\/span>

Against the bricks of a garden wall,<\/span>
a rubbish bin for support.<\/span>
I had prophesised<\/span>
my own baptism for years \u2013<\/span>
a dirty Cassandra soiling clothes.<\/span>
Now, mud was streaking up my thighs.<\/span>
Neighbours twitching curtains<\/span>
as I pulled back my legs.<\/span>
This is how I became nothing more<\/span>
than a fast fuck on a front lawn.<\/span>


<\/font>\u2022 Samantha Desmond is taking an MA in Creative & Critical Poetry at Winchester.
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