Cheryl 'cat' Townsend - the-hold.com/june 2002

cheryl 'cat' townsend

SQUEAK
I dry my hands
with the flesh of his ass
Shower water
still dripping from
my hair
Taste the clean
of pulsing abdomen
My hard nipples
tickle his thighs

CONFRONTATION
At 1a.m.
I had reason
to question
overtime
after 5
Took a hunch
and a good-bye
to find you
Her legs
were as thin
as your
last excuse

20
Our sex
is an insinuation
in these comfortable years
We cheat only
with ourselves
Fight the dryness
of our souls
Those blatant days
penetrate this ease
You are thankful
for the lull
that keeps me home

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Window Mask

Red Nose

Lucky Strike

Cut Your Hair

Cheryl A Townsend used to publish IMPETUS...now she just collects the poetry and answers disgruntled mail from the senders. Ahh. She runs cat's Impetuous Books in Kent, OH...where she also pretends to be doing business. She does a lot of photography and thinks that's where all her poetic vision went. She is probably fatter than the last time you saw her.

• New journal
(both e-version & print) w/interview/poems & photography
• book review with basinki - Landing On My Feet

photography: • WarmArts • Impetus • Nudescapes • Ascension Gallery • Cat's Impetus Gallery Shop • A Sampling of Townsend • Images of Cheryl Townsend • The photography of Cheryl A.Townsend
poetry: • Cheryl A. Townsend - Sex Is Poetry • Cheryl Townsend • Cheryl Townsend/Impetus • Journal: Townsend first page
In the e-zines: • Disquieting Muses: February 1999 Issue • Perihelion

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