Short Xviii Poems

walking uphill
the old man
kicks a can...

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P Neruda 100 love sonnets xvii

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                               XVIII...

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Venus,Goddess of Love sans her mascara
central lady in Sandro's' La Primavera'*
Simonetta Vespucci as this supermodel
To Bottecelli close-ups were a doddle...

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She’d recite the fairest refrains
As upon marble texture I languish
Moxie was her focus to sway me
I, never once yearning to retreat,
Became enveloped by an aura of passion
Spry was the breeze that descended
From the design ‘twas her lovely palms...

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I know I was not the first
I know I will not be the last
But the lock I placed for you
In the sun, the rain and the darkest night
It will be a sign that we are one
So, just as my love for you 
It will last forever

© Poem – IX/XVIII/MMXXIV
LRET
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Unhidden

Sometimes you have to shed reality
Just leave the world behind
No roles and no costumes
Just you completely unhidden
Nothing to shelter you any longer
So, show pride in who you are
Even if that means you are by yourself

© Poem – XVIII/VI/MMXXIV
LRET...

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I’ve started seeing faces
of once strangers reappear with time

they don’t spare a smile for me
perhaps I’m still a stranger to them

the mother with a cart full of fresh
produce and peanuts, a daughter eating grapes

the steel-toed man at the sandwich
counter who eats absolutely no tomato

I can feel the warmth in the quilted
fabric of our lives, slowly woven together...

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