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Three in One.

By maisie

Tue, 05 Jul 2011
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Three in One.

Cupid cast
in loin cloth
kippers madly, bow twisted
against the wind, bloated
perversion.

The tempest:
My rose thorns your hand.
A sculpture in a dark art,
You and I.

Turned at the edge,
eye to eye, the poetry
binds us, opens us,
holds us. Recreates us.

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