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#5 

Sept
2009


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a poem by xTx (2 of 2)

Battleground

My hair on my face
To see your eyes and lips
up close
enough to feel your breath

A rectangle of bedspread
hot from the sun
against my back
then yours

I want to play games with you
I would like to win
then lose
then win

© by xTx
 
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