I'd Want her Eyes to Fill with Wonder

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I'd Want Her Eyes to Fill with Wonder
by Kenneth Patchen

I'd want her eyes to fill with wonder
I'd want her lips to pen just a little
I'd want her breasts to lift at my touch

And O I'd tel her that I loved her
I'd say that the world began and ended where she was
O I'd swear that the Beautiful wept to see her naked loveliness

I'd want her thighs to put birds in my fingers
I'd want her belly to be as soft and warm as a sleeping kitten's
I'd want her sex to meet mine as flames kissing in a dream forest

And O I'd tell her that I loved her
I'd say that all the noblest things of earth and heaven
Were made more noble because she lived
And O I"d know that the prettiest angels knelt there
As she lay asleep in my arms