Last month's poem of the month writer,Catherine Smith, has chosen this month's poem. Catherine says,"I really loved Sally Jenkinson's poem, it is resonant, sexy, brave. Great stuff." Find out more about Sally and her work at http://writeoutloud.net/poets/sallyjenkinson Double Negative It wouldn’t be vaseline-lensed and soft focus, It wouldn’t be the thick, impasto sex of lovers. It wouldn’t be the arms-everywhere, giggling on the way down fucking of a one-night stand. It wouldn’t be awkward though. I would know where to put my hands, mouth, heart in our rubbing and scraping of souls. Scrubbed raw, and picking at scabs for absolution. I would be hoping for some wondrous centrifugal or alchemic fluke from the rustic distillation of us. It would be pouring sweat-born secrets from pore to grimy pore, for peace for sleep- a double negative of our sadness.