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sacrilege

civilized's picture
Submitted by civilized on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 10:43pm

 

he pulls spare six-cent reactions
from her dark skinned lips
so cheaply does he reveal an
invisible heartlessness inside himself
but still she tosses pennies that 
she thinks she can afford

stains on damp sheets that must be
washed of iniquity
he robs her body and her heart
the same vessel that so readily shed its light 
for a necessitous man with a soul of disdain 

she doesn’t know 
what it’s like to be
too poor to
love 

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Civ.

Submitted by Circe on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 7:37pm.

*snaps fingers*

Nothing else to say.

Ͼirce

Fantastic.

Submitted by FireEscapist on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 2:16pm.

This is great. You could probably cut some words from the second stanza, but your images are all really strong and the opening and the third stanza are amazing.

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Thank you both!

Submitted by civilized on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 7:28pm.

Thank you both!

 

-civ