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Love and Other Four-Letter Words

Richard  Smith

Poetry by Richard Reitz. Velour, condoms, acetate, accordion binding.
accordion binding
8 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
edition of 20
text by Richard Reitz

These poems are from a collection inspired by sexual encounters, reminiscences and wishes. They reflect a breadth of sexual experiences. The structure evolved from the idea that poems come into being through the act; the words recount the experience, the words are the experience, hence the condom-clad poems and the spermatozoid-decorated background.

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