"As to Lust" by Jacqueline Hughes Simon

As to Lust

Why do I think
every hole has
a snake in it?

When I walk on
this street I recall
little men who hid

what they didn’t tell
me exceptionally well.
On that last day

when he put his
arm around me
all I thought was —

Hold up your own
damn self. But it has
been too long, too

much affection lost
and neither of us
were prone to visions.

Jacqueline Hughes Simon

Jacqueline Hughes Simon’s writing has appeared in Apricity, Cal Literature & Arts Magazine, The Cortland Review, El Portal, Flights, Ghost City Review, Mudlark, New South, Okay Donkey, The Rail, Tupelo Quarterly, Vagabond City, and others. Jacqueline received her MFA in poetry from Saint Mary’s College of California. She is a volunteer and board member of an environmental education non-profit, where she works with and trains donkeys.

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