| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Jason Monios is an Australian writer who now lives in Scotland. He completed a Ph.D. in 2001, investigating the concept of the vortex in the poetry of Ezra Pound. His writing has appeared in The Dogwood Journal, SideWaLK and Pixel Papers. He is currently seeking a publisher for his second novel. |
Her forehead when I kissed it
was tepid;
a thin layer of cooling grease,
transparent, binding,
a feature unknown
on her welcoming cheeks
that flush with passion
or pale in surprise
at my insistence
on her uncharitable lack
of affection.