PoemA Zoro Man
Author / PoetMaya Angelou
TagsLight, Mirror, Winter

Here
in the wombed room
silk purple drapes
flash a light
as subtle as your hands
before love-making.

Here
in the covered lens
I catch
a clitoral image
of your general inhabitation
long and like a late dawn
in winter.

Here
this clean mirror
traps me unwilling
in a gone time
when I was love
and you were booted and brave
and trembling for me.

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
4 Apr 1928 - 28 May 2014
Region: North America
Period: Contemporary
Movement: Black Arts Movement
Awards: Grammy Awards, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom

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These Yet To Be United StatesAnger, Curse, Fear
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