Almanac Poetry: The Youthful, Secret, Utterly Fanciful Desire to Have Sex with the Long Dead Female Subject of a Literary Biography
Veronica Veronese by Dante Gabriel Rossetti [Wikicommons]
The Youthful, Secret, Utterly Fanciful Desire to Have Sex with the Long Dead Female Subject of a Literary Biography
I could have saved her life.
She wouldn’t have died of TB
if I was on the scene.
I’d have taken her to a sunny clime
much earlier
and nursed her back to robust health.
With me, she would have blossomed;
Miss Socially Stunted, Inhibited
who only expressed her passion
through the written word
would not have been.
I’m sure we’d have enjoyed
wild, wonderful sex.
With my support, she could have fulfilled
her every talent and dream.
Yeah, right.
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Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His fifth book-length poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws ... I'm Feeling Too Indolent, was published in late 2023 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, which was published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
Like it KD! I think we’ve all been there at some stage with our wishful thinking.
Genie would not have lived in a bottle!!
Sorry – Jeanie.
Cheers
Major Nelson.
Thanks for your comment, Col. I thought it wasn’t just me!
Thank you, Dips – I mean, Major Nelson, for your response.
I know it wasn’t just me that felt as you did, mate – I mean, er, sir! (And thank you for your service – to situation comedy.)