Thomas Guarnera

USA

tguarnera@this.com 

AFTER THE REVOLUTION
After the revolution
all that lived on was the sex.
No "flower power," no communes,
no one giving peace a chance.
We started taking to the streets
to beat the morning traffic,
or leave early for the shore.
Only sex remained a cause,
one swift kick to some old man's
hypocrisy.  Easy lust;
random flesh; righteous bodies
cup and smack, free as breath,
minus all entanglements:
romance, family, tenderness.
In my current, married life
there's no place for anarchy.
The years add on; we caress...
reassure...negotiate.
Yet still I find in our bed
that rocking edge and fire,
that foolish thrill and riot:
    the joy of screwing the world.

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