La petite mort
Barthes said that
one should experience this-
la petite mort-
when experiencing literature.
He said that it was the main goal.
Every time I orgasm
I think-
afterwards,
I am that much closer to dying.
My heart stops a little bit
I forget to breathe
and I think
that this is what it
feels like
to die.
Every time a person
leaves me-
I die a little.
Except the feeling
isn’t good. It’s almost always
terrible.
And my mind replays the
moments, when I saw the
grasp of la petite mort
and stumble into the
cracks of the linoleum floor.
