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Ago in a Quarry
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Ago in a Quarry

A poem from a long time

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Edward Pearlman
Aug 25, 2023
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Ago in a quarry
When love made me leap
Naked
In cold December
Instantly numbed
Clambering out
Shocked
I by the icy water
She by my flying
For her
Through the scrim of sense.
Bleeding began after
Feet thawed
By warm exhilaration
But scars are stronger
Than hurts
My cyclical spirit
Builds to leaps
Drawn upon a long time ago
In a quarry naked
When love mad…

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