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Poetry and Prose

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

December song

In winter my skin cracks and bleeds
red and raw as the veins of my heart.
You made a scarf to wrap around my head,
warm and heavy as a sloth. Algae fur, long arms,
I can smell the rain forest on it's breath.
Your love is tropical darling
It's so cold but
your love is so tropical.
Posted by Laurel at 2:10 PM

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