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Ace of Hearts

Have to look away

Can only tell someone

You love them

With your eyes

So many times

Before they realize

Then you’re left

Open and exposed

Susceptible to the word

No

And my heart

Can only deal in yes’s

Come too far to let go

So I steal

As many looks as I can

Till your eyes catch mine

Then it’s back down

To my hands

You already have

My hand in yours

Pretty much the whole deck

Still you tug on my sleeve

A little suspect

But I have to keep

That last card in place

I’d be utterly helpless

If you found my last ace

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jack-piatt
American
Published
Dec 16, 2011
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