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The Stinging (Free verse) by Mona Lisa
I oiled in the slick of her. Tracing my hands where lips fell like jailed Casanova. I am naked as my journal quill eyed and silent, Incapable of joy. My body's a masterpiece of scratches and whispers that scream to be heard again. She sleeps in a steel wasp by a window seat next to honeyed skies, and I am left stinging In a silent satin hive. A wedding veil of sky will one day fall like we did, and we will dull stars, as we shine amongst lost worlds.

Up the ladder: what a load
Down the ladder: escape

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Arithmetic Mean: 3.25
Weighted score: 4.7913947
Overall Rank: 11242
Posted: August 12, 2005 8:32 AM PDT; Last modified: August 16, 2005 9:15 AM PDT
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[10] zodiac @ 212.38.134.51 | 14-Aug-05/1:16 AM | Reply
Do you really think that what wasps are doing in their hives is, um, stinging things? Other than that, nice.
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