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Starving Abroad

Him
He's got the other half of me
There
Where my soul lives
Me
Now I'm f r e e
Here
Where my body goes hungry.
Us
Our loving was a feast
They
Offer goblets of lust
They
Taste of dust.
But they are
Here
Where my body goes hungry.

Written in 1978
Copyright © Catherine G. Tripp
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  • Home
  • About
  • Poems
    • Binary Shield © 2014
    • China Doll © 1974
    • Code Vision © 2014
    • HAIKU COLLECTION © 1976, 2016
    • Hair of the Dog © 2017
    • I Just Endure © 2014
    • Indian Flower © 1975
    • It's just there © 2017
    • Lines on a Tiburon Ferry 2002
    • Listening to Amy © 2017
    • Mine © 1977
    • Reflections in a Photograph © 1976
    • Starving Abroad © 1978
    • Taipei Day © 1979
    • The City © 1982
    • The Pain is Constant © 2013
  • Holiday Letters
  • Loan Goddess Wisdom
  • Short Stories
    • SOMA VAMP
    • Banking Stardom
    • Her Name Was Tera
    • Lake Sebring
    • The Making of an Empress
  • M. E. Pleasant