Not Quite Symmetry
by Linh DinhBroke, I’d like to borrow your lower half,
Wear it for a day, make some coins. I’d
Love to enter you, snug, but not through
The usual channel. You can invade me,
Feel my convexity, as I’m ventilated
By your absence, there, in the crotch.
My eyes shaded by your eyelids, I’ll
Conform to your nose’s architecture,
Breathe this life though your nostrils.
About the Author
Linh Dinh is the author of four books of poems and two collections of stories, including Blood and Soap, which was one of The Village Voice's Best Books of 2004. His novel, Love Like Hate,
will be released in the spring of 2008. He maintains a regularly
updated blog, Detainees (wwwwsonneteighteencom.blogspot.com).


