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Friday, June 21, 2013

Comanche Lily


Where you've touched her,
she has left herself--
stepped outside herself--
double-deviled, smoke-boned,
back for more.

She kisses you,
but watches from some broody shadow--
she is the dark leaf beneath the bright bloom--
poppy-strong, moon-hearted,
and all yours.

(isn't she?)
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7 comments:

  1. No one is really anyone's, I have come to believe, but perhaps that part you describe in your first lines can still somehow be claimed, intangible and 'smoke-boned' as it is.

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  2. The parenthetical question, at the end, is the perfect ending for this.

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  3. Just gotta say it ... STWIASD is one lucky gal!!!

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  4. Fabulous images especially in the closing stanza, kiddo. Love that she is "dark leaf", "poppy-strong", "moon-hearted".

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