The Night Dances

The Night Dances
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“A smile fell
in the grass”
—Sylvia Plath,
“The Night Dances”
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A sigh sinks into the sheets—
Irretrievable!

The way you used to look at me—
It’s no longer there
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The world goes on forever—
Does it ever empty of beauty?

The smell of you once—
Like lilies but now more like lies
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No longer beautiful male—
You lanky calla lily physique

And your long jaguar yawns—
Embellishing your boredom now
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You’ve lost the edge of love—
Your gestures flaky, forgetful

Even amnesia bleeds—
Memories that once stunned me
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Men are all the same—
Many-sided monsters of the Id