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'happy darkness' & 'L -- word'

'L - word' timothy r gates, 11/29/2008

l word
separated by
loss
two l words
Eros applauds
Agape claps
Philia smiles
f word
only makes sense
with both
l words
dancing,
Fred and Ginger
glide -
fall on my
a word
l word
picks me up
loss
robs
Agape's caress
Eros weeps
till another
l knows.

'happy darkness' timothy r gates,12/01/2008

happy darkness
sly
shy
here
we fall off
asleep
dream
of equinox's embrace
awake,
face not merely
moistened.
missing
love's coyness
tears that sneak
from dry eyes.
small
of
sonata's back,
gives a walkway.
in my dreams i
waltz.