Everything is measured and sized
Necklaces gaudy and gay,
Rings of different carets
mingle near gold and silver bangles
No scale or ruler
marks distances between them
Templates screen words
of spontaneous bluntness
Turn the apple
toward the worm's
tip peaking through the skin
Cull the fruit from the basket
Between ardent glances
and shallow breaths-
an awareness of nourishment
beneath peeled skin
All realize
one seldom cuts
delicious melon
without spilling some juice
Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015 at 8:42 PM UTC
Everything is measured and sized
Necklaces gaudy and gay,
Rings of different carets
mingle near gold and silver bangles
No scale or ruler
marks distances between them
Templates screen words
of spontaneous bluntness
Turn the apple
toward the worm's
tip peaking through the skin
Cull the fruit from the basket
Between ardent glances
and shallow breaths-
an awareness of nourishment
beneath peeled skin
All realize
one seldom cuts
delicious melon
without spilling some juice
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