Warren Falcon (04/23/52 - xxxx / Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA)
Poems by Warren Falcon : 107 / 236
LOVERS JUMP TO DEATH FROM BURNING BUILDING
From late night collapse of limes
rum lovers leap to death in each others arms.
Upon the sill they lean resigned,
dead calm revolving in a yellow light.
Neither fright nor anger nor drunken joy
calls them to this moment but habit.
Each morning settles something and so
they resolve half asleep in the window to
disturb the air. With thickened tongues
they obediently fall bidden by fire
hidden in all alarms.
Warren Falcon
Submitted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Edited: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Poems by Warren Falcon : 107 / 236
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