Catherine Wald<\/p>\n
I like my men tall, angular and on the spectrum.<\/p>\n
I want a guy who knows every intimate detail of my
\nlife and nothing about the movements of my heart,
\nwho has transformed rudeness into art form, whose
\nintellect induces vertigo.<\/p>\n
Let me have an obdurate specimen who wears
\nlong, loose coats and strange headgear; who has
\na brother named Mycroft and a healthy fear
\nof the terrifying anaesthesia of boredom,<\/p>\n
a guy who has only one friend — one
\nmore than he deserves — and has
\nyet to encounter arc, release
\nand declension as physical
\nphenomena.<\/p>\n
Wouldn\u2019t I love to prove beyond
\na reasonable or maniacal doubt
\nhis body\u2019s insistent logic, take him
\nto the end of the line and make him
\nscream nonsense syllables
\nat the top of his lungs?<\/p>\n
CATHERINE WALD<\/strong>\u2019s poems have appeared in American Journal of Nursing<\/em>, Buddhist Poetry Journal<\/em>, Chronogram<\/em>, Classical Poets<\/em>, Exit 13<\/em>, Friends Journal<\/em>, Jewish Literary Journal<\/em>, New Verse News<\/em>, The 5-2 Crime Poetry Weekly<\/em>, The Lyric<\/em>, The New Poet<\/em>, and Westchester Review<\/em>. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Distant, burned-out stars<\/em> (Finishing Line Press, 2001) and The Resilient Writer: Tales of Rejection and Triumph from 23 Top Authors<\/em> (Persea, 2005).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Catherine Wald I like my men tall, angular and on the spectrum. I want a guy who knows every intimate detail of my life and nothing about the movements of my heart, who has transformed rudeness into art form, whose … Continue reading