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You were never there Of course. She was born Too early or you too late. But she was a beautiful Dame, you think, turning Over pages, gazing at her Photographs, imagining Her lips to kiss, her arms To caress, her soft ******* Your pillows and what she Was like in bed (alive that Is not dead). However, she Died too soon, way before Your time. Old enough to Have been your grandmother Had she lived and had her time. Too bad. She could have been The best **** you never had. But Harlow’s just a dream, A useless thought, just a memory Now in books and old guy’s heads Who may or not have shared their Beds. You were never there, but if You had and the gods had been Quite kind and let you meet and Kiss and **** and love and live To old age, you could have lived it All and not have scribed the page.
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Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 8:44 AM UTC
ON HARLOW. (OLD POEM)
I don't think tunnels can go this deep: The way the oceans part-- Starfish foam, bubbling for air. I saw the moon bleeding, So many hidden cries. She shouted: "No fair, no fair...No fair..." And now the polished skeleton Bones glisten in the sun. Taken from the dusty closet, One by one by one. Alongside a black journal, No embellishments, No lock to conceal shame. Pages of her history, Like collected pages of The suffrage, and at the Very last page, her dream's name. Italicized like lies fresh oyster pearls shine. Glistening in the frost of the night, The soothing heat of her mind's height. Tunnels can touch Earth's spine.
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Apr 17, 2014
Apr 17, 2014 at 8:58 AM UTC
Earth's Spine - From: Dragonfly Island by J.L. Harlow