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 Dec 2013 Niveda Nahta
Shin
And she laid her head soft upon his lap,
shutting those charcoal eyes that saw his heart
while they merely allowed time to elapse.
They say this children, is where we find art.

Brushing bold upon the cursed arrow
he looked and saw nothing but the solace
of one whose view has become but narrowed
upon a utopia; this polis.

He said: "hello, my dear, my love, my pet.
Perhaps one day our lord shall love us yet"
 Dec 2013 Niveda Nahta
Sari Sups
One spoon of cough syrup*

              Pour
   Lines pulled against
         the currents,
like the strings of my day
      and you have set
       underneath my
            horizon;
    flares of your colors
         settling into
           my earth.
                                                     Taste
                                          Read my eyes and
                                             longing looks.
                                      Find the nerve behind
                                           the trail of scarlet
                                          and embrace your
                                           lingering shadow
                                         the one I've learned
                                                  to love.                                            

          Swallow                                          ­                                                  
   Cling to my desire                                                           ­                              
 and entangle yourself
         once more
don't struggle instead
     press your bones
        into my grave
   and bury me in your
         flesh of broken
                dreams.
                                  ­                                                                 ­                                                             Repeat
                                         ­       Defrost your denied
                                                         approval in
                                                         my warmth
                                                     and wrap me in
                                                           attention.
                                                      ­ Turn me into
                                                  your poison apple
                                                and sink your heart
                                                  deep into my core.
Every word I every penned I stole from you....



As each kiss became poetry
born of flesh
pressed soft against mine own

whose tongue
both muted and inspired
to speak aloud those silent pauses...

held gentle within each
heated breath

to give voice to that wanton ache
I felt
when er' your lips
ceased their tender ministrations

Forming open pauses

between

each

line

that ached to be filled
with further words

born
of further

kisses.
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