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Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #1330153
First metered sonnet
At dusk of day on Sawyer Lake,                                                     
    We rest a sleeping bag beneath a tree                                         
  With withered limbs that break each time the breeze                     
Whirls out from where the houses lay.                                 
      And once the breeze becomes a wind                                             
    Too cold to bear without a short retreat                                   
        We make a tent beneath the bag for heat                                       
And lightly cup the other’s hand.                                                     
              But it is time enough I took the match                                               
From out my pocket where it waits                                               
    To give to Candle some of Fire’s touch                                       
        Before the dark can take the days.                                             
    And then we kiss with just the warmth of heart;                         
The candle, match, and tent apart.                                                     

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