Lee Woodman’s most recent poem to appear here was “Essence of Blackbird” (March 2020).
Strange Currency
By Lee Woodman
If I could buy a sunset,
I’d be rich in your scent—
a dusting of salt and black opium.
If I could purchase the memory,
I’d wrap it in featherweight
lace to keep it almost intangible.
If I could retain the passion, I’d
think of the moment I
blurted I love you and you responded.
Ever rich—I’d swim in the
tenderness of amplified
feeling, up-breaths of excitement—
I’d replay the evening on the beach,
your palms grazing my ribs,
smoothing down my hips.
For this, I’d pay a gazillion starfish
and pocketsful of
doubloons that chime.
Gorgeous poem Lee
You are amazing
Nice