Thursday, March 1, 2018

First Valentine

The first poets had a bowl to beat
Walking through the streets
Singing the names of saints
 
So the people would know
They had lives to live for
And not forget their great work
 
That anyone who cherished beauty
Would not be thrown to the side
That the gods had already returned
 
To put the right words on their lips
Their bowls clanging
Their bare feet kicking up dust
 
I wish I could call them back
Here I’d say
Fill my empty mouth

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