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Popularity is in the mind of men

and women. Boys dream, girls
complain without doing the work.

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Love as mushy sentiment is

unreality, the drivel that entraps
women and men in deadlock
because talking of actual feelings
for each other and the world
is forbidden.

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Hearts doing all measures

of impossible pirouettes, traipsing,

and all wise possible raptures
thick as a syrupy liquid to puddle 

at the feet of the beloved.  

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Truth, like actual love, roils 

across the sky out of reach. It 

has become an institution, prelude 

to seven years of marriage,
children, lots of romanticized 

words, and a bit of pleasure besides. 

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He is responsible, she is dedicated

and unwavering, though unhappy.
Middle aged, his eye more than
roves. She reconsiders options.

The hormones are leaving like
an overlong house guest.

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The while, real love sits in the corner
armchair sucking on a straw between a
gap-toothed grin.

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Lady A
09-12-12

124p

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