Bait
Eyes as waters of Chania,
strands of hair
as bamboo chutes,
razor physique as you
cast immuring nets
to lure me toward
your ruse.
Stares into your barrier reef,
I lay bawking
in the awe you wrought
before you built solitude
where love ought to be.
Summer skies stained in shock
wondering how your life persists
after our true love reducts
into faux indifference—
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There’s so much to unpack in your complex diction! My favorite line is “cast immuring nets to lure me toward your ruse.”
Wow – this is densely packed with interesting words and so much meaning. Thanks for sharing!
This is like a combination of Dickinson, Shakespeare and perhaps a perceptive post-modernist. Great stuff and thought provoking.
smarter than-
but a little bit bukowski too