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THE KISS PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC

The pressing of lips
With saliva that drips.
Taken to a place
Of a moment in the dark
To a greeting of love.
A sensation of erotic
Feelings emerging in the
Body and in the head.

Only an expert can
Describe a kiss?
Though everyone can do it,
By a meeting of the lips,
There is nothing to it,
But consider the following tips.

Cortisol, oxytocin –
Sensations of competing
Hormones, as physiological
Impulses, is just another
Language to describe
One and the same thing.

Of the feelings I had when
You just gave me the ring,
The butterflies in
My heart of the image
It brings,
The coming together of
Our souls,
The unity of two lovers
That it extols.

So, is a kiss not just a kiss?
Might there be something
That is missed...
That a kiss means that you are
Quite erotically delicious and
Someone that I can’t quite resist.
Or, am I clearly speaking to a scientist?



     © Jennifer Hooper, 2009  (all rights reserved)

     "My subject is whether only an expert can describe a kiss?
I am therefore making this submission for the reader's pleasure."

     Also see Jennifer's poem 'i am alone'.