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THE FEEDING

JESSE ABEL HUGHES 1977 (CHATTANOOGA)

THE FEEDING
WHEN I FELL IN BENEATH HER SMILE I THOUGHT I KNEW THE BITTER LESSONS LEARNED OF MY YOUNGER YEARSBUT I NEVER SAW THE HIDDEN LIES BEHIND THE TRUTH                                                                        OR THE ASTRINGENT WILTING OF MY OF TEARS  
OR BEHIND HER PAINTED SMILE THE HIDDEN LEER
JUST A DANCE IN THE DARKNESS HIDDEN FROM THE STARSWHERE THOSE LOST LESSONS CAN NEVER ADHEREDESPITE THE MANY VOLUMES OF SEEMINGLY DISTANT  MEMOIRS 
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST KISS OR SO MY DIMNESS KNEWWHEN I PLEDGED MY STILL BEATING HEART TO HER PLATETHE VIRILE FORTITUDE I SHOULD POSSESS COULD NOT ENDUEOF THE COMING SEASONS SEWN AND TENDED TO HATE
I LOOK BITTERLY BACK TO THE MAN I ONCE WASBEFORE THE RAGING-FLOODED RIVER MET MY DOOR
BEFORE HER FEMININE SICKNESS RAVAGED MY HARVESTOF IT'S GREEN OR ANY OF THE FRUITS IT MIGHT HAVE BORE
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Written on November 04, 2021

Submitted by lasthour4ministries on November 04, 2021

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