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all the underwear

somehow i knew:

the one i snuggled with
above the fray was not
the one i had come with
the one i had come with
was somewhere else
and when the fray was done
the one i'd snuggled with
wandered off alone
and i wondered if
the one i had come with
had seen me snuggle with
the one who'd wandered off
and wandered off as well

and yet somehow it seemed
what mattered most was this:
all the underwear were shades of purple
all the underwear
were shades of purple

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poewriter58

16 years 8 months ago

Rob

Now this is quite interesting and provokes images and thoughts. I'm not sure that you meant to make it light and amusing but that is how I read it. Hope I did not offend Chrys
Rob Graber

Rob Graber

16 years 8 months ago

Delighted

Delighted to hear you found it amusing! I hoped the wording of the first part, and the outrageous disconnect with the second part,would make for a strange and funny poem. A reader elsewere suggested I avoid laundering my underthings with a new purple sweatshirt... :-,?