Taunting
sadness swings with tenacity,
whilst
liquid love rides the weave
to
the very end of her raggedy rope.
As
an enchanted night traveler
emerges
upon the sculpted scene-
realistic
with his bodily substance-
one
fluttering soul clenches calm.
But
as a chapter of moments unravel,
her
hopes trickle away in flustered silence.
After
all, is it not frivolous to postpone love,
when
its very deterioration has already begun..?
So
breathless candles flicker in wait,
merely
for old custom’s sake,
exhaling
sordid songs in sweet repetition
who once extinguished, cease to soothe.
Jennifer
Burnside
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