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Poem Details
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| Title: | a naive homily concerning romantic love |
| Author: | Kate McInnes |
| Date Submitted: | 12/30/2006 |
| Poem: |
I Love You... subject, verb, object I Love You...These words should be kept under lock and key. Behind shatter-proof glass. Only to be held with the same care, afforded 1000 year old vellum manuscripts I Love You...Stripped bare in the world, a commodity easily bought or bartered, traded quickly. A pamphlet, generic junkmail, viral, spam-like. Hackneyed and empty I Love You...Must be kept for heartfelt whispers, hushed ardent tones. Breathed with frightened, fragile need. ... |