An intro/analysis and a long reprinted poem from Stein. Lifting Belly is an ode to lesbian sex & Alice B. Toklas (Stein’s partner of 40 years) Kinda felt like overhearing to your neighbors that are in love or peeking through a peephole. Parts are so earnest, bare, and intimate. 

“Kiss my lips. She did.

Kiss my lips again she did.

Kiss my lips over and over and over again she did.

I have feathers.

Gentle fishes.

Do you think about apricots. We find them very beautiful. It is not alone their color it is their seeds that charm us. We find it a change.”