Blind-sided
By lightning,
It is not
Electricity
I touched
But electricity
That touched me
Where the brain dreamed
Her spine electrified
Without touch,
Seared by the scent
Of bare skin
Adrift
In the room,
This mystery
In articulate fire.

 
     

 

 

 "Spontaneous Orgasm" © 2002, 2006 by Jeffrey C. Alfier

 
   
 

 Original Graphic, "The Glow," © 2002, 2006 by Emmanuela Copal de León

 

 

     
 

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