1] Robbed of sleep I can only feel The iron bed of your steel will And sleepless lie upon my cot 5 Meditating over what I have not 2] Although we don't know Reality's basis Time is not a stasis For (God knows) in Life's whirlpool 10 Each one goes from sage to fool 3] "Thank you for breaking my heart, you sonofabitch" You're Welcome, then Is where we must begin 15 For the breaking of the heart Is the very worst part 4] her eyes a monster's beauty her laugh contagious fire 20 her heart too finely lonely her breath a wilderness of desire
From the collection "The Soft Assault"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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