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JOURNAL #27 the finest charm
will cloak itself
in a whisper less glade
modest exchanges of thought
bring about terraces
on which to lounge
and carefully persuade
chance the joy
of crowing before risk
her immodest personal fortune made
from meeting a most thoroughly engaging
gentleman aloft and from so far off
in such an exotic distant land
Singapore
a place where silks and riverboats
spice and tradition
rule the mind with fragrant chagrin
and men above the common cut of man
with their mere cavalier ideas
flatter, enrapt and praise
lady poetesses
with a fresh sincerity
that can only enable them to win
her true 'sweet spirits'
most deeply enchanted regard
the fletchings of her fondest friendship
and the covetous ribbons of her uncompromisable
self respect
acquired this very day
at a fraction of the usual premium
for two necessary parts I feel are we
my poetry
your read................
(written Oct. 3, 2002 915pm)
