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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

ideally, a metaphor captures it

love me
past the edges,
stances and masks,
deeper than i
know things.
love me
wild, like winds
take canyons for rides,
where it doesn’t matter
if we crash, now
everything’s
always
soft.
make
me love
you like
sudden storms
make us run inside,
laughing. twice
as happy as before

(2014)

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Sophia Grey
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