reach out to touch her
many ways she's never known
but always dreamed of
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her secret pleasures
that she sometimes shares with me
pleasant explorations
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poet speaks to her
in his poetry language
hopes she'll understand
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never satisfy
never good enough at all
too old and too tired
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no one will accept
an old poet the way he is
despite what they say
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not gods but myself
caused the failures in my life
left me lost and lone