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repudiate
they the losers
we the winners
let's roll off a mountain
live in spain and
you'll always be the same old
man and i'll
always be my own
self and straining
strolling, as though time was
not draining
i said i just
wanted you to understand
but i planned
on your mind becoming mine
the fighting
was not for freedom
but anger like petals
of wilting flowers and rain
of drying books
children and wax scented hands
fight for the last seat
on a one seated train
read books
all the same
leopard - i love
the depth
and the height entailed
you smoke into flames
and become a transitive verb
you are my skin
my sex, what i wear
you are the clothing i
drape over
my
head, a sphere of influence
it calls out
to you to your hope
your hope dwindles as
we walk along
the beach of
resting peace
the candles still left burning
melted to the butt
but a stump of colored wax.
Jacqueline Samuel
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