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Windmill, in an open field
Who cries for the man that has a greatness forced upon him? And, how far can he recoil into himself out of fear of dereliction. Or the unrest he will undoubtedly cause. Or the hyperbole which is now a place called Manhood. He is a vessel. I am a man. One that chooses to parboil circumstance, so that it becomes an apparition of accomplishment. This arrhythmia lingers with the presence of a woman. She could be anyone. It is her. The one with the darker hair? Yes, I desire her, and her alone, coating my eye with fervent softness. Anything soft, and those things that could be considered white-to younger girls at an alter. Yet, the green seems to palpitate when no one is around, the crooked room with a mirror. Call it strange company. This makes me some parody of black. A fabricated filler, until a hero comes, actually. Could I be more outspoken? How about, “She is gone, and I miss her.” Abruptly coming to climax and conclusion simultaneously. Remiss, I have been, to leave idle a beating heart. Giving a paucity of friendship in a mediocre evening. It was just not enough. And it is unfair to subject former acquaintances to amble through my love again, and join me in my bed. I do want her there, desperately, so next to me. It’s unfair. If I could only be on the inside. This pressure is much for her to bear. Next is a collapse. But I want it. Just to position here just right to make this transition as smooth as a possibility. And in an arbitrary rose garden I clip two fresh, and hang them from my breast pocket, where they will remain forever.
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