All the Aphrodisiacs

blowfish arranged on a saucer. Russian roulette. angelic slivers. ginseng. cut antlers allotted in bags dogs on a spit, a Dutch girl winking holds a bowl of shellfish. white cloth, drunkenness. a different language leaks out— the idea of throat, an orifice, a cord— you say it turns you on when I speak Korean. The gold paste of afterbirth, no red— Household phrases —pae-go-p’a(I am hungry)