she’ll conserve your leverage
if you invade her
interest
you aren’t bargaining
for devotion
& she isn’t waiting for moths
to eat away at her coat
shouldn't you have
realized
that we’re in a ******
rivalry
this time around
where beautiful grapes
are never ripe
& she isn't infinite
enough for your
tongue
& sense of divine
chivalry?
compassionate knight,
haven’t you known
yourself
to stumble so often
until now
when she has finally freed
you of your
combat burns
& cherished wounds?
call her intuitive, but
she caught you
long ago
through a forest clearing
with a box of
cigars
& too many dreams
you told yourselves you
were too much
alike
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012 at 2:22 PM UTC
she’ll conserve your leverage
if you invade her
interest
you aren’t bargaining
for devotion
& she isn’t waiting for moths
to eat away at her coat
shouldn't you have
realized
that we’re in a ******
rivalry
this time around
where beautiful grapes
are never ripe
& she isn't infinite
enough for your
tongue
& sense of divine
chivalry?
compassionate knight,
haven’t you known
yourself
to stumble so often
until now
when she has finally freed
you of your
combat burns
& cherished wounds?
call her intuitive, but
she caught you
long ago
through a forest clearing
with a box of
cigars
& too many dreams
you told yourselves you
were too much
alike
again from the vault of 2009
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