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Semaphores

May 16, 2013
By obsidiancanopy GOLD, Catonsville, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"We are formed by what we desire." - John Irving

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There's a shadow in that groove where you lie






near a body of smoke where you stand;



your heat blows into my bedroom in the cold






and I'm held by what is not there;



There's a voice in my bathroom where you bathe







under buckets of tears where you sing;



qualms scratch, gnaw at the cement,






the surroundings whisper your name.

© Natalie D., Ames, IA

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