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A Teacup-Weathered Table

I don't know if it's the caffeine

or imagining your stoic ****** expression,

but something's got me shaking, violently.

Not with anger, but with fear,

do I drink this *** of tea

shouldered with an innocence

in love without possession.

Part of me has died a very lonesome death,

and yet, with every passing

comes promise of a wailing newborn.

A sense of solitude is born again

and in that, I am

am born again.

 

I don't know with what blanket

to cover my silver, Saint-Christopher-shivers

from the cold, elated stare

that your eyes possessed.

Yes, it was the cold, elated stare

of your eyes

that chilled my spine.

A newborn you are,

a world inexperienced,

a longing fulfilled.

An empty me,

a teacup without the shakes

of spilling over brim,

and a table sacrificed

from experience.

 

Sated is the wood

from a lackluster lacquer

and spot-drops on the knots

that will never be noticed.

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joseph-valle
American
Published
Aug 13, 2012
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