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The Sorceress, Jacob's Most Beloved

The Sorceress, Jacob's Most Beloved

 

she had eyes for me

I knew it

she knew it

man among boys

stare beguiling no accident

entrancement, entrapment,

of course, her eyes hid,

but knew it anyway, for

her warmth dripped into my body,

resting happily within my centre.

 

why not?

 

her sorcery, profound,

when she cast the words,

she cast them instantly

without human fore thought,

thus pleasing and being pleasing,

when her branded magi magic

home in other people's minds

did come to rest.

 

the spells cast

in and on me

own me as much

as I now am possessed,

and in possession of them,

though which is more powerful

is indeterminate,

for I am stained

either way.

 

in a quiet hamlet,

in an ancient thorp,

the lambs, white and happy

prance on the commons,

the El god's angel disguised,

fresh and unbroken,

I observe the only one,

spotted, stained, like me,

open hid on this earth.

bleating,

I am my beloved's,

and my beloved is mine,

mine very own sorceress.

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Written by
nat-lipstadt
99 / M / NYC/Lippstadt/Kraków
Published
Dec 5, 2013
Lines·Words
42·170
Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_(sheep). This particular poem is dedicated to a particular poetess here, and there are numerous clues contained within the poem as to her identity.

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