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TROPPO TARDI.

She's like a fruit stall

has it all laid out

I can **** her

or ****** she says,

 

this place stinks

of bars and latrines

and unmade beds

and unwashed bodies

but we embrace anyway

and kiss what it is

hard to see,

 

frutta giovane

ragazza ****

 

she opens up to me

and I to her

and it is fun

and we dish up dirt

on those who

dish up dirt on us

and it is cool

and we laugh

have *** and bath,

 

how dark the place seems

a distant echo

of cries and screams

like one does sometimes

in dreams but here

is no dream or if so

a nightmare kind

and we see

nothing much

as if blind,

 

we lay in the afternoon sun

drink ***** and smoke

and joke and have ***

again again

then lay back

let dry the sour juices,

 

no light

no love

no warmth

no hands touching

or body seeking

just that far away echo

of what might have been

had we known

or knowing seen.

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Written by
TerryCollett
78 / M
Published
Dec 17, 2016
Lines·Words
47·174
Notes

A DANTEAN SCENE.

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#life#dante#inferno
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