Juliet

What's in a name 
But century old letters
Painted and peeling around a third floor balcony?
All cold to touch and higher than my chest

What's in a name
But syllables gathering in his molars
Filled up like fangs?
He wants, he wants, he wants
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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February 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Gracie, thank you for written this lovely poem. - oxox Anne-Lise
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