if a woman were to wile
and beguile me
it would be she--
she is ebola, burning hot and fast
replicating majesty
without space or energy--
she is spirit in a short circuit
voltage and current--
she aptly replaces
the schematics
copied down in physics.
a girl of the Ganges--
distance distracts
and remembers little
yet often still i pray to
insulate her sparks, to
absorb each ionic mote
of excess she discharges,
wrap them in neutrino ribbons
and save them under my vest
for the birthdays still to come.
Nov 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:06 PM UTC
if a woman were to wile
and beguile me
it would be she--
she is ebola, burning hot and fast
replicating majesty
without space or energy--
she is spirit in a short circuit
voltage and current--
she aptly replaces
the schematics
copied down in physics.
a girl of the Ganges--
distance distracts
and remembers little
yet often still i pray to
insulate her sparks, to
absorb each ionic mote
of excess she discharges,
wrap them in neutrino ribbons
and save them under my vest
for the birthdays still to come.
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