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I
don’t
know
when
my
petals
died,
but
I
do
know
that
I
survived
sing me an aubade
at beginning of aurora
serene and mellifluous
it's like a reverie, a felicity

you soliloquize, so calm
that it could be psithurism
I hear
the beating of your heart,
like the sound of a watch
enwrapped in cotton

a summer's zephyr opens the balcony windows,
so gently
dust particles are dancing
in the morning light
and are slowly falling on the white bedding sheets
do you smell the scent
of our neighbor's citrus trees?
2 hours by car is Venice
and I invite you to stay
in the enchanted and narrow alleys
with me
I wonder,
Do you hold others
To the same exacting standard
As your razor-sharp bangs?
Is that why I've never
Heard your voice?
Why I've never seen your mouth
Form any other expression than that
Pretty, perfect grimace?
"You have beautiful eyes,"
I want to say;
But they remain downcast,
Accentuating your general
Aura of discomfort.
© Ethan M. Pfahning 2019
 Jan 2019 χαρμολύπη
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A H G T K I M S O ******* I N G S A D K J G R Q S A J
O Y T A S K J S H E L P M E H T G Y I A D G K S A J D K
J I A M D O N E L I V I N G K J S A G H K H G F B M O
P J E A K E T R W Q H A K S J B O Y I A M S T U C K A
F T A H C N F D O C O N F U S I O N W H E M A L P K
S F E K J R W A S O T I R E D K J A K E L P C X N Z W M
H T E Y P A D H E L P M E H A S H T P L E A S E Y U T

Y O U L L N E V E R U N D E R S T A N D M E
i'm a pretender
a thin man in disguise
return to sender
with address hard pressed to find

considered a keeper
secrets about myself
i'm a deciever
some things i can not help

a reverse revolator
there are things i'll never tell
a strong detonator
wiring myself up to fail
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