The first doorway:
the smile that you echo,
the craven cave image of love.
The second doorway:
the inner heart hummingbird,
beating sunlight into blood.
The third doorway:
between the split caresses
of the spilt lightning milk.
The fourth doorway:
articulated Argus eyes
on the tongue, about 101.
The fifth doorway:
the stink of prickly honey
roughing up the mouth.
The sixth doorway:
the skin sense of a fire map
unfolding from magnetic south.
Linda Ann Strang's work has been published in many poetry journals, the most recent being Tinfoil Dresses, Sotto Voce and Electric Velocipede. She lives in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.