Friday, June 27, 2014

POET'S PRAYER


LET ME WHEN
LETTERS NO LONGER LEAP AND DANCE
FROM THE ALPHABET ONTO MY NERVE-SKIN
PAGES;

LET ME WHEN
WHISKEY NO LONGER WARMS AND WHISPERS
IN WIT-WHETTED WORDS OF WILLING WOMEN;

LET ME WHEN
THE STING AND SALT OF A STRANGER'S TEARS
CAN NO LONGER LACERATE MY HEART;

LET ME WHEN
FLESH SWEETER THAN MY OWN
NO LONGER WRITHES AND REVELS UNDER ME;

LET ME THEN
HAVE DIED BEFORE THEN.


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