“The Ache of Marriage” by Denise Levertov:
The ache of marriage:
thigh and tongue, beloved,
are heavy with it,
it throbs in the teethWe look for communion
and are turned away, beloved,
each and eachIt is leviathan and we
in its belly
looking for joy, some joy
not to be known outside ittwo by two in the ark of
the ache of it.
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(Poems 1960-1967 ©1966 by Denise Levertov. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Image of Denise Levertov via Wikimedia Commons)
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