It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.
— Naguib Mahfouz
Punch in the Face Poetry: "Ghazal," Emily Moore
Beneath her slip,
the slip of herIron. Lust.
The flint of herIn dorms and parks, motels
and tents: the din of her.What I would not have done
for another sip of her.She swore she’d never love one another
The fib of her.She kicked off the sheets; I held on,
breathless, through the…
