I have been thinking how the body
is a vulture—all avarice and need.
How longing creeps up, stalking
for days, catches with such force
it leaves you breathless.
— Carol V. Davis, from “Need” in Into the Arms of Pushkin: Poems of St. Petersburg
Notes:
- Sources: Poem: Thank you Beth via Alive on All Channels. Photo: Patty Maher, After the Fall
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