POETRY



Hot Lunch: poetry by Carissa Neff
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Your lunch break begins with my feet sole to sole, knees out to the sides,

crotch splayed open like an orange slice, a scored mango, any out-turned fruit

ripe on this hardwood floor, which rubs at my spine as you come

at me clothed, your shirttails out, your pocket change rattling, your unshaven

chin gnawing at my neckline, at my cheek, to my mouth, where we stay lip to lip

until you fumble into me with the gasp of a drowning man,

which has my feet at your backbone, my legs around your hips

like a parenthetical, an aside: your balls slap my ass while the microwave beeps.

Our arms reach a swan dive, my hip plates meet yours, and you don't breathe

again until the wave catches you up and coming. Outside, the traffic swells,

the front-yard cherry tree burns in the lunchtime sun, and your soup waits, hot

like the trickle down my thighs when I finally arrive on my feet, dizzy and starving.




©2002

Carissa Neff and Nerve.com

Commentarium (47 Comments)

Apr 30 02 - 1:10am
ay

delectable

Apr 30 02 - 3:53am
GH

Incredible last sentence - great piece, hot and fast, like the lunchtime quickie!

Thanks.

Apr 30 02 - 6:45am
obp

OH YAH!!!!....excellent poem...

Apr 30 02 - 8:38am
JS

That was...good, very good. For the briefest moment, I felt like I was there. Maybe we need a siesta tradition too.

Apr 30 02 - 5:35pm
sa

Great Poem Carissa. So hot, so spicy, this poem.
Can I have some more?
shane

Apr 30 02 - 6:28pm
jrc

Well written. Makes me hungry.

May 01 02 - 9:33pm
JJ

ho hum? after reading this poem i called my girlfriend to get home from work. immediately. great fuckin poem.--boston jayson

May 01 02 - 10:44pm
kdn

hot...erotic...makes me want to come home for lunch more often. Deliciously devious.

May 03 02 - 7:59pm

Hot Sexy. Just the kind of lunch I like

May 03 02 - 7:59pm
MT

Hot Sexy. Just the kind of lunch I like

May 05 02 - 1:35am
MyWa

"Hold the Mayo"..um,um..

May 05 02 - 1:48am
Mr

It was "Hot & Sexy"...
What's the silverware for..she asks
Time for bed my Dear...Lets eat out!

May 05 02 - 9:48pm
dd

Nourishing yet it makes me hungry still

May 09 02 - 6:28pm
CH

Well done. Dripping,...yes.

Chris

May 11 02 - 4:20am
mws

melikeyverymuchy-nolunchy-likedrippyone...

May 29 02 - 1:54pm
Enk.

A sensual,erotic fantasy fulfilled. Can you breath, my Princess? I know you cannot. You are overwhelmed by the most wicked of Thoughts, on fire with carnal ravage...Mmmm....loved this peice!!

May 29 02 - 1:56pm
Enk.

A sensual,erotic fantasy fulfilled. Can you breath, my Princess? I know you cannot. You are overwhelmed by the most wicked of Thoughts, on fire with carnal ravage...Mmmm....loved this peice!!

May 29 02 - 1:57pm
Enk.

A sensual,erotic fantasy fulfilled. Can you breath, my Princess? I know you cannot. You are overwhelmed by the most wicked of Thoughts, on fire with carnal ravage...Mmmm....loved this peice!!

May 31 02 - 11:36pm
DL

This rocks. An erotic, evocative feast of words. The best hot poem I've read in years.

Jun 10 02 - 10:16am
bb

As a bit of porn, this works well; it has the familiar language: balls slapping against an ass; cum trickling down a leg. But this language works against the poem. Not sure the poet thought the images through; why is the narrator starved after her "hot lunch?" Not very filling?

Jun 10 02 - 5:53pm
ben

Cuz good sex always leaves you hungrier for more. MORE!!! Yes.

Jun 11 02 - 1:50am
CS

Wonderful. Perfect. HOT.

Jun 14 02 - 11:33pm
DCH

MAY I HAVE SECONDS AND THIRDS PLEASE!!!!

Jun 23 02 - 12:35pm
BAM

Brilliant. I think I just had a meltdown. It's refreshing to see hot words written from what would be MY point of view. We all need more HOT lunches, twice a day.

Jun 29 02 - 12:18am
re

your balls slap my ass while the microwave beeps.. three cheers for prose

Jun 30 02 - 3:28pm
ddw

I hum in the afterglow
by the microwaves green light
touching bruised skin
blotches of rose red
spooning salt into her wound
as foam tipped waves retreat
we gorge ourselves
on smouldering heat
and full lipped sweetness.

3thoughts

Jul 12 02 - 4:23pm
ac02

As hot as a mid day fuck.

Jul 24 02 - 8:59am
me

Thought this to be very HOT,as my body loves it alot.

Jul 28 02 - 7:13pm
JL

WoW! If only we could all have lunch breaks like that, no one would mind going to work. It's really well written , enjoyed it. JL

Jul 28 02 - 7:27pm
PB

the images of the traffic swelling and the cherry tree burning in the sun are so perfect for the mood, I just love this piece. where can I read more of your work?
phthalo42@yahoo

Sep 06 02 - 1:23pm
cfs

its such a beautiful cricket chirping
september day
i thought hot lunch was very apropo
poets seldom get the feedback they deserve
or the feedback they want
so i giveth
to youeth
those sort of sentiments at this time

Sep 17 02 - 6:11am

Well, that was one hot lunch!! When can I have one?

Oct 03 02 - 2:23am
MC

Hey, this is great -- really good. Thank you.

Oct 03 02 - 6:21pm
MB

i have to admit that i read your poem with much skepticism--i mean, the rest of this site reeks of cheese, why not this poem? i was pleasantly surprised, however. excellent job. i especially like how tensely you hold the images of food--everything strung on a line in order; defintely drives the hunger theme home. anywhere else you publish? my best,

Oct 29 02 - 5:48pm
EL

That was absolutely beautiful!!!

Nov 05 02 - 11:57pm
mtr

that was nice.

Nov 06 02 - 3:42pm
N.D

Love it! Love it! Lov it!

Nov 06 02 - 3:49pm
N.D

Love it! Loveit! Love it! are you pulished? where can I get more of your unique style? nadiyahsdelights@aol.com

Nov 18 02 - 9:50am
jsp

Thanks for great visualization. I'm so looking for to my next hot lunch - mmmmmmmmmm.

Nov 18 02 - 9:51am
jsp

Thanks for great visualization. I'm so looking forward to my next hot lunch - mmmmmmmmmm.

Nov 18 02 - 9:31pm
cf

awesome poem...just like you were there...nice work

Nov 22 02 - 11:38pm
jp

YEAH! Now THAT's a POEM!

Feb 27 03 - 8:49pm
PK

citrusy good (orange slice, opening lines)
Thanks to the editors for a fine choice.

Feb 27 03 - 8:49pm
PK

citrusy good (orange slice, opening lines)
Thanks to the editors for a fine choice.

Apr 28 03 - 1:53am
MG

Gee wilikers. Perhaps you were starving for good sex.

Jan 13 10 - 7:04pm
RF

French mother? French Penis? :)

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