Harper, L. L.

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Yalobusha Review Volume 5 Article 26 8-1-1999 Hermaphrodite; The Ending L. L. Harper Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/yr Recommended Citation Harper, L. L. (1999) "Hermaphrodite; The Ending," Yalobusha Review: Vol. 5 , Article 26. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/yr/vol5/iss1/26 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the English at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Yalobusha Review by an authorized editor of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. L.L. HarperHermaphroditeWhat some call unimaginable,I call quotidian. Twice blesseddesire transcends the limits, like intelligence, within which most live.In those fields I love all comers.A breast's smooth globeor pink grenade of scrotum  inflame equally, each torchburning the air a room holds if together we lie in dark's pocket.No confusion twists like a cancer where my identity flourishes.Take my hand to your lips.Is it not warm and open?66 1Harper: Hermaphrodite; The EndingPublished by eGrove, 1999L.L. HarperThe endingwill happen just as the hero  kisses the girl he finally gets to, like Odysseus, one hassle after another and then just when you think they'll live  happily ever after, some fucked up junkie will off her as she lifts embellished linen from the line, some country craft she finished just  in time.67 2Yalobusha Review, Vol. 5 [1999], Art. 26https://egrove.olemiss.edu/yr/vol5/iss1/26

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