Monday, July 13, 2009

Safety Words and Broken Jaws (or A Dinner for One)

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A fireplace
sets the mood

hot pokers
burning coals
and penance

my lips
swollen shut
say “I’m sorry”

as my words never could

wine and roses
a dinner for one





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"She was his earth, his ground. He cast his seed to her again and again. And the creepers grew… nourished." [Jack Ketchum]

"I know you can't destroy me..." [J.R. Hayes]

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