Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Separate Valentine

I am sending you
under separate cover
a copy of my soul
the study guide
and favorite suggestions
you will be surprised perhaps
on seeing your first soul
even a little insulted
by the frailness of
the future therein laid
upon its diadem of hope
but touched I trust
by the ring of red feathers
around their throats
these sparrows with epaulettes
still bloody from the wars 

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