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Cherished Possession

By Peter Scott

From a deep slumber
I hear the tone of a voice
Residing inside an irate contraption
A little box
That stores your soul
In moments you are too far to touch
And when I need
During those trials and pain
The little box begins to wail
Signaling my sudden salvation
From there
All I must do is open myself to your soul
Lift the receiver
Letting the reassuring touch of your voice
Interplay with the sounds in my head
Making sense of jumbled distortion
Allowing me to make amends with the world
Take a vacation for awhile
Each day
Sometimes even make love to you
In the mind
The box that holds this piece of you
Is practically a religion to me
A connection to the soul
I dearly regret
Parting from the mad box
Like a magic lamp
Where all I must do
Is caress you in the mind
So tenderly
And you will be there
Granting every wish
With a harried smile
Only worrying a bit
As to not spoil me with abandon
I guess the ornery contraption
Works only as a figurehead
Though
For at night
In the woods alone
Whispers cease not a bit
You still run through my nostrils
I see with your eyes
Perceptions are bathed in euphoria
Tinted with the perpetual affects
The residual pleasure of loving you
With every fiber the cosmos has to offer.

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