Flavia Richardson Poems

I will put the world to sleep for you tonight!

I will close the infinite covers of my books, of my files, of all the lost notebooks on my desk
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Don't end up next to me!
My hand won't warm yours
Your dinner will chill waiting for my arrival
The bubbles in the bathtub will go stale and stick to the sides
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Gaze
Intentful stare

Naked
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Dragons breathing fire
Blowing
Puffing the smoke away
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The stocks have gone down
And the Muse has left you empty
The road has killed your memories
The downfall into darkness
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Childish eyes looking through me
As if naked
Warm hotel room filled with your presence
Your smell on the pillows
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Give into my mind
Hold on my arms
Don't let the currents pull you
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Mother, your amber eyes are staring
Looking at me and through me

Mother, your auburn flowing hair
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There are no tomorrows
Only today and the brief moment
Only a second to breath in and out
Only two synapses connecting
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I fell in love with a strange man's picture
In my experiments I have fallen for your touch
For your presence across the table
Imagining
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