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violent affair

Janet Kuyers
(started 8/18/14, finished 10/1/14)

how one-sided
is a violent
passionate
sexual affair

is it
a small metal boat
tied with a long rope to the dock
living
to react to the tide
trapped there
pounding against the ocean alone

then
with the tide

rushing in
seeping out
rhythmically

waiting for that tide
to rush it into the shore
save for that damn rope
holding it back
then being taken away again
to do it all over again

spending it’s time
held back
and waiting

then almost
being
turned upside-down
by that rush

then recovering
and waiting
for it to all happen again

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