the InFrontMyOffice flag
raises fluttering cotton arms, happily
saluting New Year
throaty beeps escape
her square, white womb and
i badge in
last year’s dust,
contains my fingerprints, scattered loosely
on the keyboard
your kiss lingers
still, softly promising, between my
business dressed thighs
.
we’re writing Jack Collom Lunes at dVerse today…get your pens ready and stop by when Sam opens the pub doors at 3pm EST..
“last year’s dust,
contains my fingerprints” -
and all the while the mundane and the sensuous combine
intriguing as always
That last stanza transforms the routine of work into something so meaningful.
Love the business dressed thighs…kiss lingering…ah yes….bkm
Going back to work has never been more passionate than you make it my friend…hope the work week goes well.
Not easy to return to work after a holiday, but last stanza gives a smile to think about between work moments.
that last line made me a little weak at the knees!
ha, i like these…the beep from the womb…very creative way to put badging in…and that last one…ah, the thoughts of being back home…i still have a few days of break so i imagine that monday i will feel much the same…smiles..nice heat in that last one too…
Well I am back to work too ~ I specially like last year dust containing fingerprints – clever wording, and the last one, full of passion ~
Totally evocative third stanza, and a sizzling finale
Geez this is good. For a short poem it contains a wealth of ideas that spark other ideas, that bring into flame yet other thoughts consuming the present with memories. Inspired.
I have the week off to read more great poetry such as this. Square White Womb. Womb is an oft used word in my poetry…It carries so much…pun intended. I blush at the last line of reality.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I love how you used the Lune form to turn going back to work into a wicked cool poem! quite steamy at the end !!
What a way to pass the mundane work life, sweeping away the stupid work strife.
Hi Claudia – I also especially liked one’s fingerprints in last year’s dust, and the lovely sensuality of the poem too. The private in the workplace – and the badging in. Ha. k.
Not much to add to what the others have said. I enjoyed your use of imagery and the surprise of the last stanza.
You’re the best. A constant inspiration!
Such a timely topic here, and your use of form was great for these snapshots of ambivalence about returning…and that last one? Wow!
Lovely, Claudia… I especially like the last two.
Powerful imagery– “white womb” is a wonderfully evocative phrase and, of course, the last one grabs the reader too.
So well done here, last year’s dust, kisses between the thighs–a real treat!
oh wow… that last line – damn!
Ha, I love the “InFrontMyOffice flag” line. And this one in particular:
last year’s dust,
contains my fingerprints, scattered loosely
on the keyboard
I’m loving this form.
Others wait for the dust to settle …
I could see you traveling a little in your mind to a more delightful past. But work must get done. It’s so nice to be reading your poetry again.
all good things come to an end
A wonderful spin on returning to work and yeah that last stanza…Wow!
those are the thoughts that keeps one working, to keep such loevly times off of the mind.
))) loves it.
the welcoming sounds of work made bearable by a promise of home. lovely!
Back to work? I’m beginning to wonder how you ever get out of bed!
Awesome write…think your better half could give my better half some lessons? Whoops…just kidding…really 
A brilliant series of lunes, snapshots as it were, and oh, that wonderful final lune, with its warm memories and insinuations. Beautiful!
what a sensuous journey
Um, I was gonna say Stanza 2 was my favorite. And then I read the last. Whew! Seriously hot, girl.
“…last years dust contains my fingerprints, scattered loosely, on the key board…”
Beautiful and real!
Nicely done!
Nice, breathing all together. I remember the secret feeling you lead up to, but my dust was chalk dust.
I would have known this as your work from a hundred others. Your elastic lines, full of sound and color, shining your inevitable sensuality. great work, Claudia.
nice job of linking these together to fully fill out a story. Really like the creativity you showed here with the compressed wording in the first lune, like that a lot. Very nicely done Claudia.
Hey, “InFrontMyOffice” just because German and Eskimo-Aleut languages love to agglutinate morphemes — don’t touch my English! (smile)
in “her square, white womb”, who is “her”?
Fun images
And you kept to the word count rules — bravo! Albeit with some agglutination liberties!
“her” is the time clock…smiles
Maybe my imagination is a little awry, but in your flowing words you appear to paint a scenario of a business like woman who is entering the new year with remnants of the past still echoing on her computer.
Altogether I enjoyed reading it as your writing leaves my imagination wide open
Emu
Your last line caught me off guard Claudia! Who said business couldn’t be fun! Nicely !
Hank
the form here is so useful getting to the heart of things…I think ‘tight; is the word i hear so much on this website to describe how so much is said in so few words written….i like this very much…you are so brave, claudia
last year’s dust,
contains my fingerprints, scattered loosely
on the keyboard
fabulous three lines!
Enjoyed this. It sounds like you stepped from a dream into your office
..aww… your third reflects my plea when i got back to work face to face with my pc… keyboards looked like a fossilized figure of our fingers… what a picturesque.. loved it… smiles…
This is so hot! Gorgeous work, Claudia!
I seem to be combining thighs with last year’s dust. Dusty thighs. Ackkkk.
But when read the second time it is sex all over. Great. ~Mary
that return to work, post-break, can be so disheartening, but not when that last stanza is involved
Wonderful imagery
This was so much like my workday this wednesday after the new year’s leave from work !
Love this
Lovely with a delicious ending
Love “last year’s dust…” and the business dressed thighs–brilliant! Thank you, and a very happy 2013 to you, Claudia.
Your words are multi-dimensional. I like your choice of words to describe each image. Love it
Once again, you transformed the mundane to something out of the ordinary, exciting even.
You weave magic.
Sorry I have been lax, Claudia, to visit your site but the holidays came upon me and would not let go. Now they are gone I can visit. I like this post. You take your words and make going back to work filled with imagery not even thought of.
There is a level your work is on that cannot be reached. As such, I’ve taken the liberty of nominating you for the Blog of the Year Award for 2012.
http://sahmataineking.com/2013/01/05/blog-of-the-year-2012/.
The last refrain is sooooo nice
“throaty beeps escape
her square, white womb and
i badge in
last year’s dust,
contains my fingerprints, scattered loosely
on the keyboard…”
Hi! Claudia…
I like the way…You have captured in your poetic words the feeling Of returning to work…as you remember[ed] a… kiss that lingered…
Thanks, for sharing!
deedee
While you had returned to work, physically, the rest was snuggled up at home! Love it!
Excellent contrasts of the starch of business and the warmth of home
Wonderful!!
nice end to being back at work..