In the Quiet Heat of Anestri

For Judey Kalchik's Anagram Poem Unofficial Challenge

By Paul StewartPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

in the heat and calm of anestri, the hushed voiceless exchanges alerting us

pour a glass or two of retsina, as your legs form a crude triangle over my body

let the blood-red stainer flow, altering our perception briefly...slightly

perfume breathes as stearin melts, relating the sweat to the aromatics

pull at the rough, invigorating ratines, make it messy, tanglier than before

as the air retains the scents of our bodies, the route, the integral of our passion

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Author's Notes: This is for Judey Kalchik's awesome unofficial Anagram challenge thingo which you can find more information about below:

I did a double whammy and used two words for anagrams of them both in each line.

The two words are retains and triangle.

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