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Your smile foretold I'd screw-up this poem. We had foresight then, And anticipation Invoking the future. We leaned back, Looking down the well, Swept away clouds In tea-cups, And smoke in cauldrons To seize the summer. The suddeness of loss Is not prophesied; One does not pre-order Ointments. If I'd been spiritual I would've seen a sign, Like a bird, Building a nest. I don't hear voices. When I slice through A tomato, I don't find An embossed relief Of a martyr. I only have this picture.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 7:24 AM UTC
No Embossed Martyr
Your smile foretold I'd screw-up this poem. We had foresight then, And anticipation Invoking the future. We leaned back, Looking down the well, Swept away clouds In tea-cups, And smoke in cauldrons To seize the summer. The suddeness of loss Is not prophesied; One does not pre-order Ointments. If I'd been spiritual I would've seen a sign, Like a bird, Building a nest. I don't hear voices. When I slice through A tomato, I don't find An embossed relief Of a martyr. I only have this picture.
francie-lynch
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 7:24 AM UTC
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