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by Jennifer Hill
Fools rush and professors fall
down the rabbit hole in the middle of the fields
of you and your insane landscape
I cannot fathom you now
like I did so doe-eyed
so innocent
I was ready to explore the regions
that I believed had never been explored
before by man in all of his ambition and
determination
yet there you were
the gatekeeper to my truth
my revelation
and I was powerless to defeat you or
usurp your awesome command.
so I stared at you and touched you
and you looked at me with eyes that
had never seen a woman
but always knew they would devour
her once they did.
the battle began and ended
in your mind
in my mind
before we ever met
and the sad conclusion was
that it was not nearly as sweet
as we had played it out in our minds
with sweat dripping from our foreheads
and the edges of our hair drenched and dripping
while our bodies cooled and glistened
on top of the covers that could protect.
Copyright©2000 Josh Stoner