Leland D'Elormie Poems

Ladies, Ladies,
Please...
For Our Lady's virtue,
Be as she: incomparable,
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Anything but love is yours to have,
Yours to hold and cherish 'til you die,
Take my life, my money, memories,
Or anything you think would satisfy,
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I'll be a cold refraction,
The backside of the race,
And turn to show my backside,
When it has turned its face.
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The witches walk the woods tonight,
Through amber waves of evening light,
Through barren hollows in the fog,
Past village windows shut up tight.
...

In this gray room,
On this gray floor,
Sit fifty statues,
Maybe more.
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September was hot when the carnival came,
The stands were all packed at the home-field game,
The lights in the night were like so many dreams,
That burst when they broke on the bonfire flame.
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Pockets of heaven,
Often hold,
Fantastic treasures,
I can tell of one.
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They marched in August,
Two by two and side by side,
And all they met they trampled in a heavy stride,
And all they feared they fought with shining badger's teeth,
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Love, you must remember,
Where we met, when we met,
In the forest in September,
Tell me you did not forget.
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Why not 'and'?
'Why not three and one? ' we ask,
Why not dog and not dog?
Why not P and not P?
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