written for Claire, a lovely young girl from Chicago whose smile I secretly cherished with the bitter knowledge that she was a path I couldn't walk
ekkis
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poetry = nonsense
nonsense = meaninglessness
meaninglessness = void
void = nothingness
nothingness = spirit
nonsense = meaninglessness
meaninglessness = void
void = nothingness
nothingness = spirit
Tryst |
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In the gaze of every woman I meet
the thrill of intimacy I find sweet
The timid signs of shy lascivious hearts
unveiled for me by Cupid's ruthless darts
awaken a slumbering libido
reminiscent of Aeneas and Dido
"Meet me for tea or coffee" I implore
of some gorgeous demi-god I adore
and reach for her with restrained desire
concealing my passion and prurient fire.
"Perhaps" she teases, as women tend to
I laugh at my sorry hopes; she does too.
The paths we could never take - the chances
missed at desire - are best forgotten
for there's naught like might-have-been romances
an already sour life to make rotten
17-VI-04
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