Photograph by Mazie Louise Montgomery
Platonic Man
Winter, 2006
Nathan Raymond
sex
wholly pure
as much
as i can assure you
flesh colored
network
if only you
could witness me
neanderthal
naked lengthy
standing against
the shore
folded neatly
padded blue jeans
and a brown leather belt
strictly
un-uttered
the dash of yellow
all the hands
on the floor
we’ve got
interpretations
only linguists
can dance to
count the days
between hills
and cold nights
only to have
nothing left
to wait for
but you
Nathan-Raymond Orton has been publishing poetry since 1997. He has a degree in Visual Arts and travels extensively as a freelance artist. He paints sporadically, dances insatiably, and loves fearlessly. He lives between Los Angeles, Denver and Toronto. His work can be found in A&U Magazine (New York), XY Magazine (San Francisco), PPP’s Fourth Dimensional Kisses (Melbourne), Noble House (London), Canadian Women Studies Journal at York University, Colorado Review; and online at Littoral Verse, Real Eight View 1 & 2, Subjective Substance, pettycoat relaxer, Q Poetry, Ancient Heart Magazine and Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry.
Nathan Raymond
sex
wholly pure
as much
as i can assure you
flesh colored
network
if only you
could witness me
neanderthal
naked lengthy
standing against
the shore
folded neatly
padded blue jeans
and a brown leather belt
strictly
un-uttered
the dash of yellow
all the hands
on the floor
we’ve got
interpretations
only linguists
can dance to
count the days
between hills
and cold nights
only to have
nothing left
to wait for
but you
Nathan-Raymond Orton has been publishing poetry since 1997. He has a degree in Visual Arts and travels extensively as a freelance artist. He paints sporadically, dances insatiably, and loves fearlessly. He lives between Los Angeles, Denver and Toronto. His work can be found in A&U Magazine (New York), XY Magazine (San Francisco), PPP’s Fourth Dimensional Kisses (Melbourne), Noble House (London), Canadian Women Studies Journal at York University, Colorado Review; and online at Littoral Verse, Real Eight View 1 & 2, Subjective Substance, pettycoat relaxer, Q Poetry, Ancient Heart Magazine and Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry.