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“Both in the Heavens and on Earth, Visible and Invisible” ~ Colossians 1:16
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“All visible things will be born again invisible.” ~ The Zohar
Yet how will we perceive them then? Will we
Lick up their stealthy sweat or smell the hair
Beneath their shoulders? What we cannot see
Will rub against us. We will feel despair.
We will hear them as they pass between
Our ribs or ricochet inside the marrow in
That cage. Their teeth and fingertips unseen
Will graze our nipples, sizzling pure with sin,
Or love, or something—invisible lust
Will do, transparent passion, tight see through
Erections, swelling pinkless ghostly bust,
Conspire in heat to camouflage taboo.
But then each sensing eye, each skin, each ear,
Each nose and tongue will also disappear.
