poet's salome
he reveals her with each word
secrets one by one
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body denies me
mind no longer wants to play
each successive year
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life's only brought me
obligations and duties
the needs of others
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love scenes glimpsed briefly
through cracked and broken crystal
scattered images
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sometimes it's useless
no matter how good the past
now is what is judged
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what shall she not wear
most seductive lingerie
her naked body
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so quiet i seem
exploring universes
open to my mind
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it's so hard to think
to summon desires and dreams
a poet feeds on
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curves beneath my pen
quivering as i lay words
adding your textures