Sunday, April 11, 2010

Daily Dose

From Amy Lowell: Selected Poems

A DECADE

"When you came, you were like red wine and honey,
And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.
Now you are like morning bread,
Smooth and pleasant.
I hardly taste you at all for I know your savoir,
But I am completely nourished."

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