April Lane

When wind blows I pretend to swim
Through fluffy waves of air
That wash over my blushing cheeks
And toss my tangled hair
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Formless realm of my spirit eternal
Why dost keep forever in thy palm
Such a wealth of golden rays diurnal
Robbing me of nature's richest balm?
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In the grey of the afternoon
Whimsical breeze tortures the gossamer curtains
Sucked in, they clutch at the window
Then exhale violently the next breath of breeze
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Inside my stomach there's a time bomb
Throwing off my heartbeat with its
Tick tick tick tick tick
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The crownèd prince of vegetables
So proud and elegant
You show no fear as I approach
So young and innocent
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One thousand thirty seven miles an hour
Mindless  in circles we dance
If not for gravity we'd all be in space
Flung off like so many ants
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Thou seekest my hands so discreetly, wherefore?
Does your keenest sense tell you on them is blood?
If so, it is yours, take it please, I implore!
Would that sins could be washed off like common mud
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I watch your hands
Make shapes out of nothingness and
Air, and they
Grow and shift and morph into
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I'll earn my wrinkles, every one
One by one by one
Each passing smile that stays a while
Each golden ray of sun
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See the happy girls and boys
Happy messes happy noise
Never playing by the rules
All the lovely little fools
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Two free tickets to a show
One for you and one for me!
A viola concerto
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Let me have water weeds for hair
And blue eyes deep as pools
Let me whisper to the waves
And teach the salmon schools
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Dearest December is sick
Another sleepless night begins 
Orion reposing in the sky 
At an awkward angle stretched
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