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Verboten
December 1, 2019
My name
Twists around your lips
Like a cobra
Around a neck.
We both wonder
The same things
But speak in circles
Racing around the
Bush on fire.
Never saying
What we each know.
I laugh at your joke,
You turn your head,
To look me in the eyes.
Do they deceive me?
Betraying emotion.
It’s too dangerous
To say
“I love you.”
© Emily L., Columbus, OH
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The definition of Verboten is forbidden. Take this poem as a Shakespearean restriction or a simple school-girl crush.