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An Excire poem

Reference: Excire: A Prosimetrum of Breath and Drift | PoetrySoup.com

‘Callipygian’ is a rare, literary adjective meaning ‘having well-shaped or beautiful buttocks’. It comes from the Greek kallipygos (kallos = beauty, pyge = buttocks), and was originally used in reference to classical sculpture—most famously the Venus Callipyge. Here it is wielded with intent. It’s not objectifying—it’s classically charged.

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Red

The windshield wipers automatically slow down when the rain gives way to a fine drizzle. As per habit, I open the car window as I come to a rolling stop at these traffic lights. Cheap perfume assails my senses. Red refracts on the wet road.

long legs
and callipygian
sheathed in red leather 
her body was firm 
to the touch 
exhilarating
uncharted territory
my wife’s tears
the price 	
I was willing to pay

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