Look There

Her red  lips
ripe as apples in garden
almost killed men

but their hearts sang unknown songs
all the way home
in abject poverty
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Horsman Avatar
July 7, 2018 at 7:40 AM
Temptation afoot, love the poem.
Ochwo-Oburu Avatar
July 7, 2018 at 1:42 PM
Thank so much, horseman
Man Avatar
July 6, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Solomon.. you speak a truth of irrestiblr temptation. If you get what you want you end up in poverty!
Ochwo-Oburu Avatar
July 7, 2018 at 4:00 AM
Precise, Lyric Man. Thank you
Ochwo-Oburu Avatar
July 7, 2018 at 4:00 AM
Precise, Lyric Man. Thank you
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