~~~~~~~~~p~~~~l~~~w"
“From a ~~ i~~~~o~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~l
I see
a ~~~~~s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~p
~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~of lemon~~~~i
~~~~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
~~~~~c~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s
~~~~~~~e
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~u
~~~~~~~~~~between _c______ds__
~~~a suppository for~~~~~s~~w
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h~~e
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o~~r
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l
~~~~~~~~~~~~~u~~~~l
and then the f~~~~~~~n exposed herself in her roundness
~~~~~~~~~~~~~m~~~o
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to my eyes alone.
She winks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~she teases
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~she tosses me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~beneath her wry eye from warmth of my bed, and I s t a g g e r…
“To the Ensuite”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a
see little bulbs~~~d~~~n~~~e within the pedestal’s lake unblinking
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c
till they f r a gm e nt in splashes.
Stumble back through...
"The Shadows and Shoes"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~find the moon’s obsequious face fawn with expectation
~~~~~~~~~~~~my uncertain devotion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~and she d i m s eyelashes wet…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fixed~~~~~row~~~~half-concealed,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f~~~~~~n
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~yet she w*i*n*k*s once more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~before scurrying by the skirt of my curtain…
My
eyes
close
~~~~~~on
~~~~~~~~~~~~u~~
~~~~~~~~~~clo~~~d~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~clearing on the window of night
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~and with unseed quick eyes, d..r..e..a..m…
Olympian icons wink at me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~laugh as they hurl lemons into that u-n-b-l-i-n-k-i-n-g great
~~~~~des
~~~pe~~~tal ~~~~~~in the sky...








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