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Free verse № 284

Instinct

Member since 2001 · Posted 16 Mar 2002 · 1 comment

Yellow tomcat lies with a siamese Summer heat and pheromones blinders one track mind chugging train black spewing clouds of ignorance spores drifting on a wind-less day infectious on touch a heady call of aroma arousing illusion bodily pleasure need to sate and finished yellow tomcat climbs from the unmoving siamese, neither observant of flies or other stages of death.

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[1] anonymous 24-Jul-01/1:03 PM Reply
going somewhere with this one. last line most powerful. maybe you can up the play between instinct and indifference.