"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 October 2024

Sublime.

Biéler, La Raclette, 1903


Fingers warm against my abdomen
a Raclette, burning and dripping sweat,
and I need to melt yet, against
the hardest parts of Greco-Roman.

Bodies release like Swiss cheese
scraped off you into my roundest bits,
permanently pressed cheese sandwiches;
the pungent smell of release.

Oh, how sublime, the ancient rind,
curving splendor, a fountain sip
of perfectly paired white wine lips,
roasting flames with your gooey hips;
I love you best when unrefined.

Katie Frances Hartless

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