Next to your bed

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I am waiting for your silhouette to appear,

The organs cramped, tightened feelings,

I long for your reflection, the glance that

Works without verbalisation. I wish I knew

Who you were. Spread out on blankets,

You’d feel so deserted. The rings sinking into the

Wooden furniture and I’d look for your name.

 

I’ve held your objects tightly in my hands

And shivered. I thought you’d haunt me forever

During the night, because I wouldn’t sleep, I would

Talk to you, awaiting your presence, feel your

Non-existent kisses on my cheek, my head vanishing

Beneath the pillow.

 

The uselessness of your glasses still pains me.

The obsolete object simply lying there, waiting, too.

For you to hold them, clean them, put them on your nose.

And there they are, your eyes, the goodness within them,

The tragedy, the resignation, I still love you, remember you

In dire fragments, in sensory odes, lamentations, memories.

I’d crucify my body onto your clothes and love what you loved

Trying to follow you into thin air, translucency, memorabilia,

I hold you so close, I feel that you found a good spot.

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Published by Croque-Melpomene

My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian. I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides'). My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker. I am the creator of "Croque-Melpomene: Femalecentric Poetry" and I have a YouTube channel carrying the same name. Find me here: YouTube: Croque-Melpomene Twitter: lauragentile13 Pinterest: lauragentile12 Instagram: croque_melpomene12 Goodreads: Laura Gentile LinkedIn: Laura Gentile Contact Email Address: croquemelpomene@gmail.com

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