Caveat Emptor Poem by Anya C

They say lovers abhor manipulation
When was this true

For all my life I waited
For a face to seep through

Such that you want him to speak through his eyes
All that seems so true; are hard core lies

Who doesn't want a person so suave & charming
That you forgive his dallying so worrying & alarming

His lovely visage should make you — staunch wincing, & smile
And make you swoop through all the dread & toil

Then make you believe he in the world is for you
Then let you know he does that to all others too

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