Tyranny

The poets sing of it.
The artists worship it.
We seek it in gardens,
find it in dreams.
I shrink from the mirror
because I’m a slave to it;
a serf to beauty’s tyrannous queen.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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November 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM
We are predicting the next GREAT Souper! Fabulous work!
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