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i should have known
that faint hydrocarbon stench
the words so doused in gasoline
the match of her caress

so when you find me
curled, still and damp
among these sodden timbers

paint my body with the ash

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ohhh_liviaohhh_liviaabout 16 years ago
I have been reading

Your work today and cannot believe you don't have a slew of those little green E's.

I love your subject matter, my father was a physicist. haha, you are too good ;)

Bill DadaBill Dadaabout 16 years ago
^

Even if you had known, you would have anyway. And who can blame you.

colddieselcolddieselover 16 years ago
Economy of words.

This is well written I especially like "the match...'

LeBrozLeBrozover 16 years ago
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This poem was mentioned in Saturday's New Poems Reviews.

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LeBrozLeBrozover 16 years ago
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That's right — leave it to the reader to divine the meaning; a love so hot it burns or her fiery words burning through your heart in a break-up.

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