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Lydia's Lily Pad

the passion aches between brown petiole
a dark hole piquant
awake senses to curlicue lily pads
beckon to polish a stiff bone
pushing to intrude
private property
granted
liquid drops stain dry sheets
wet


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Country/Region: New York

Favorite Poets: Rumi, Gil Scott Heron, Felipe Luciano, Walt Whitman, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Neruda, Walker, Troupe, James Baldwin etc . . .list endless

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