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October 21, 2013 By Jana H White in Poetry Tags: Intimacy, Lightning, little gods, Rulers 9 Comments

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you know

If we lie together

I will feel your measuring stick

and the exact degree of intimacy

you allow yourself

~

and though

you’re sugaring your lips,

you’ll taste my salt

seasoned by the little gods

weathering the storm

on the lightning spiked

 branches of trees

~

Artist: Christian Schloe

~

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