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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Inanimate



What do I do
with the passion
I feel for you

I do the dishes
hot soapy water
rushes
washes
over my hands

as I listen to blues
on the radio
these hands
that want
to touch you

baptizing you
in sea foam
and sand

Yet, I cannot
touch you
this we
understand

still,
what do I do
with the passion
I feel for you

 
Pattra Burnetto Monroe (Revised 2010)  By changing just one word, the whole poem and meaning is altered.  Interesting.

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