Craven

[Fillie]

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gliding into all my corners
leaving not one moment for silence.<o:p></o:p>
I lose track of myself,<o:p></o:p>
his wildness, his dark sorcery<o:p></o:p>
singing swinging whirling slicing stinging <o:p></o:p>
into my ice cave, my frozen habitat.<o:p></o:p>
Where is my surety my boredom my careful loneliness? <o:p></o:p>
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He is devouring it, starving for soulful connection.
Will it devour him?<o:p></o:p>
What high plains gust brought him here<o:p></o:p>
filling this space with fine twinkling sandblast<o:p></o:p>
leaving my core <o:p></o:p>
unprotected <o:p></o:p>
alive and tingling?<o:p></o:p>
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I only offered my couch, <o:p></o:p>
temporary protection from
seeping slimey Occidental forest floor<o:p></o:p>
where his obsessions had slung him.<o:p></o:p>
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He slept so fitfully,
gasping, legs kicking and knees suddenly on his chest <o:p></o:p>
hand defending groin<o:p></o:p>
trying to cover his own burden of lonely lust.<o:p></o:p>
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My home suddenly returns to subdued shelter.<o:p></o:p>
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He rushes on to his next <o:p></o:p>
Wondrous<o:p></o:p>
manic <o:p></o:p>
turbulence. <o:p></o:p>
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[Barry]

Thanks for sharing this vivid and intimate piece, Phylis!


He streams into my day<o:p></o:p>
gliding into all my corners
leaving not one moment for silence....
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[Willie Lumplump]

Too much for one sitting! This is gonna take some careful thought.