CLOSE
a poetry collection

published 6 October 2001

From:
Darius, Julian. CLOSE. St. Louis, Missouri: Gentle Scorpion Press, 6 October 2001.

[begin page 68]

"Only a woman?"
by Julian Darius

Rudyard, you were wrong:
a good cigar is a smoke, indeed,
but a good woman is a great fuck.

[end page 68]

Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Julian Darius. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including electronic, without documented permission except for brief excerpts used for review purposes.