“Time should be more elastic”
more topological.
Space too.
Pain, while necessary to alert and keep us alive
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Butler UniversityDigital Commons @ Butler UniversityOn Earth As It Is1-1-20112 PoemsMarion Deutsche CohenFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearthPart of the Creative Writing Commons, and the Religion CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in On Earth As It Is byan authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact fgaede@butler.edu.Recommended CitationCohen, Marion Deutsche, "2 Poems" (2011). On Earth As It Is. Book 22.http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/22HOMEABOUTAUTHORSCONTACTon earth as it isprayer as story, story as prayer   photo by matthew simmons 2 PoemsMarion Deutsche CohenSOME ADVICE FOR GOD“Time should be more elastic…” Barbara Crooker in “The Sun Lays Down Its Light” (from“More”)“Time should be more elastic”more topological.Space too.Pain, while necessary to alert and keep us aliveshouldn’t hurt so much.Bodies, so self-cleansingShould be more so.Self-healing, too. Not only some of the time. And quicker.Maybe even there’s a wayfor them not to have guts.And dust, what did that come from?As for sex, that should be the way I used to think.He just puts it in, or you put them togetherand automatically it happens.Working Towards It is highly over-rated.You might not be able to do much about the problem of babies not staying babiesor how one can be certain of the existence of other minds.But you could, in general, do better.Try it, you might like it.Anyway, WE’D like it.Go ahead, why don’t you just try? I LOVE HIM BUT I NEED AIRIn the morning I like to burrowHis neckHis armpitHis goodies.I roll my head and fists into one little ball and partake of his special smell.But in only a minute my breath collects.What if I had to stay that way forever?I think about medieval tortures, heated masksand that story “the Cage”also my own birththe way my mother used to tell ittoo long, for the both of usI wish people didn’t have to breatheor they could breathe through their feet.Noses could be only for sniffing his scent.I could burrow without dyingall morning long.Marion Deutsche Cohen's latest poetry book is "Chronic Progressive" (Plain View Press, TX), aboutspousal chronic illness after nursing home placement, and about moving on. Her books total 19, including"Crossing the Equal Sign" (Plain View Press), poetry about the experience of mathematics, "EpsilonCountry" (Center for Thanatology Research, NY), and the memoir "Dirty Details: The Days and Nights ofa Well Spouse" (Temple University Press, PA). She teaches math at Arcadia University, and is particularlyexcited about a course which she developed, "Truth and Beauty: Mathematics in Literature". Otherinterests are classical piano, singing, Scrabble, thrift-shopping, four grown children, and three grands.<---Next Previous--->   Copyright ? 2010 by On Earth As It Is.

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