I heard you talking...

  • June 27, 2003
  • James Skemp
  • prose
  • I heard you talking
  • just the other day.
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  • You talked like Aphrodite,
  • that damned goddess of old,
  • You were talking in her ear
  • and it made me feel so cold...
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  • I would give you all the attention,
  • perhaps more then you could hold,
  • I'd put my heart on the block,
  • and not expect a 'thunk'.
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  • Do you hurt me on purpose?
  • Did those before?
  • I'm not an artist,
  • but I've a bleeding heart...
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  • When you are not about
  • I curse the ground you tread.
  • When you are around me
  • I wish for ground beneath my feet.
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  • But you are a woman,
  • and that explains all...