I knew a girl who wore dark clothes,
Who would not, could not, speak in prose.
She could, of course, declaim in rhyme,
For many hours at a time.
No thoughts prosaic or profane
Had anyone heard her exclaim.
Just poetry poured forth from her like wine;
a vintage nuanced and sublime.
She did not gossip, curse or tweet.
In matters of the heart, she was discreet.
I was her muse, she said. She, mine.
Her love for me, a gift divine.
We danced in silence without a word
To music only we two had heard.
She charmed my heart with every rhyme
In English, French, or American sign
Was this a talent? - Or a Curse?
I married that girl for better or verse.
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