T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.

Come and Lie with Me

By Elsie A. Gidlow


(From The Pagan, 1920) COME and lie with me and love me,
Bitterness;
Touch me with your hands a little,
Kiss me, as you lean above me,
With your cold, sadistic kisses;	5
Wind your hair close, close around me,—
Pain might dissipate this blankness;
Hurt me even, even wound me;
I have need of love that stings.
Come and lie with me and love me,	10
Bitterness,
So that I can laugh at things.