“The Language” [by Robert Creeley]

 

CreeleyLocate I
love you some-
where in

teeth and
eyes, bite
it but

take care not
to hurt, you
want so

much so
little.  Words
say everything.

I
love you
again,

then what
is emptiness
for.  To

fill, fill.
I heard words
and words full

of holes
aching.  Speech
is a mouth.

Note: Back in 2007, Heather McHugh and I exchanged ideas about erotic poems. "The Language" by Robert Creeley [pictured above left] is one of the poems that Heather praised. — DL