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The Lovers MAG

January 26, 2014
By drcf98 PLATINUM, Charleston, South Carolina
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"Love and a cough cannot be concealed, even a small cough, even a small love." - Anne Sexton

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We were made to hunger for lips
like fingers beg for rings.
In the corner of the room
you tried to kiss me.
My skin was stretched
tight against my ribs.

“starving from a lack of kisses”

you said.
I guess that was true,
but your kisses could not fill me
and I am still sorry.
Every time I tried
to look into your eyes
they were not there.
They melted away
into black holes.
My mother would have said
your lack of sincerity
boiled up and everything in you
vaporized.
But all I could see was the
rattling of my ribs
triggered by the boy who
slept in the mornings with
too-square teeth
and a laugh like a film star.

“I just don't want you to go hungry”

you said.
I pulled a curtain down
off the wall and covered our faces
so you could kiss me
and part of me could
pretend it wasn't you.

© Amber H., Aberdeen, SD

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inspired by the painting 'The Lovers' by Rene Magritte
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drcf98 PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 14 2014 at 9:59 pm
drcf98 PLATINUM, Charleston, South Carolina
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That's so unbelieveably kind of you and the fact that you take anything away from my poetry at all means the world to me. Thank you a million times over.  love, Reese.
AMatts BRONZE said...
on Apr. 30 2014 at 6:15 pm
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Your work has just become my new inspiration! I absolutely love this piece and am in awe over your concepts of writing. The way you deilver a message is incredible. you are truly talented!
drcf98 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 29 2014 at 3:54 pm
drcf98 PLATINUM, Charleston, South Carolina
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THANK YOU. I'm so glad you liked them!
drcf98 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 29 2014 at 3:52 pm
drcf98 PLATINUM, Charleston, South Carolina
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thank you so much
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I relish the dialogue in this poem. It's entertaining and tantalizing. The picture you create of the ribs is "hallelujah chorus wothy".
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on Jan. 28 2014 at 9:20 am
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You my friend are so ridiculously talented. I read this one and then hungrily read the others. They were really great, thank you for writing them, and don't ever stop!