a lover's prayer
must be boisterous
and desperate.
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earthy as rooibus tea.
jagged as the face
of cadillac mountain,
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it's shallow breath
a mix of ecstasy and panic.
you don't speak it
so much as it speaks you.
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it teems with overripe cherries
and fried habaneros.
-
its lacy thong not quite
covers the vestigial tail.
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it must be written in
the dim light of a waning moon.
it must weave dark promise
with inchoate angst,
in strands. like dna.
like hair of the madonna.
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a lover's prayer
should melt
like rocky road
on a summer day,
drip into pavement,
become one with the street,
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stick to our soles the
next time we sally forth.