studio visit

think about parts 

of the body 

rather than 

body parts,

was his advice.

for example he said:

the belly of a woman is that place on the body that I just love.

It is the in-between, 

framed by the destinations

above are the breasts and the face

and below

is the nectar,

the sticky, sweet, pulsing flower.

I felt the rush of blood

a warning

that my cheeks might start pulsing.

the way they did the time in class when he 

said,

la petite mort

out of nowhere

and I felt my face burn hot and red

and I prayed hard that no one noticed.

I laughed and pretended to be unaffected.