Body of Knowledge

Can you really love a brain

like you love a body?

I think I felt it,

I think I was aroused

by  her intelligence

which stirred my passion.

 

Listening to her philosophize

I felt it in my loins,

A pulse in response to ideas

expressed clearly, thoughtfully.

 

I admit I was looking

at her eyes, her mouth,

as I listened with my ears,

my heart, my mind last of all.

 

I admit I was not listening critically,

I did not analyze or criticize.

I listened in rapt attention.

I was learning, I was yearning

to kiss her concepts,

to caress her discourse,

to wrap my arms around

her body of knowledge.