Nearly Weeping Outside
“…And I should love you the more because I mangled you
And because you were no longer beautiful
To anyone but me.”
-The Love Song of St. Sebastian
T.S. Eliot
Lining...
Transmission
Phone rings or it doesn’t ring
Creditors, banks, “loss recovery”
If only they’d help me with this grief
Bumper-car belly growing all around me
So thick no embrace can reach the...
Submission
she is mythical
mystical
borne of fire and gemstones
she exudes energy and breathes life into me
and weaves a complete cipher around me
i worship her
pay tribute lovingly
lay trinkets and spoils...
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