Many of these poems will be of the city of Schenectady from early 1900 to the present.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - SCHENECTADY NY - PHOTO provided by F. Duci

Monday, August 9, 2010

TOUCHING SILK

Touching Silk

Between pink painted lips
you whispered
slanted - flirting eyes
stared - bending your knees
slightly twisting your body –
a vanilla Tootsie Roll machine.

Miniature stars glittered
in moonlight - you raised
your long white
gloved arm to wave –
moonlight shined
in baby blue eyes

At the auto shop
I watched men
slap your ass as they
prepared to brace ice and snow
to “filler up.”
In the basement a picture
hangs collecting dust -
Marilynn bent over touching silk
her head flung back slightly
tilted to the right
she was laughing.

Nancy Duci Denofio
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2 comments:

Erin C. A Bryan said...

That's lovely! I especially like the last stanza, it could almost stand alone as a story itself.

Nancy Denofio said...

You are right, I never did see that before. Thanks for the extra time in a busy life you have to come here and read some work. I really mean it when I say I appreciate it. Few ever comment. Many read! Thanks. And post some work at got poetry if you like, on Facebook, new! It was started by my publisher. Take a look. Its open and free to the public. Sincerely again, Nancy