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Free verse № 24713

licking my tongue

Member since 2002 · Posted 11 Nov 2002 · 4 comments

Against time and the damages of the brain Sharpen and calibrate. Not yet in full, Yet in some arbitrated part Order the facade of a listless summer. Spies, moving delicately among the enemy, The younger sons, the fools, Set somewhat aside the dialects and the stained skins of feigned madness, Ambiguously signal, baffle, the eluded signal. Edgar, weeping for pity, to the shelf of that sick bluff, Bring your blind father, and describe a little; Behold him, part wakened, fallen among field flowers shallow But undisclosed, withdraw. Not yet that naked hour when armed. Disguise flung flat, squarely we challenge the fiend. Still, comrade, the running of the beasts and the ruining heaven.... Captivate the old wild king.

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4 comments

[9] The Eskimo King 12-Nov-02/2:26 AM Reply
Professionals, huh, damn you!!
[8] <{Baba^Yaga}> 12-Nov-02/3:37 PM Reply
that's a hoot.almost a torch song. 8.
[7] god'swife 13-Nov-02/1:08 AM Reply
Best so far.
[n/a] w~* ATHENA *~w › god'swife 13-Nov-02/9:38 PM Reply
I have a lot of them..

used to do nothing but write and

wonder why I was so young.