I POUR INTO YOU
YOU RESIST MY LOVE,
LIKE PARCHED SOIL REFUSES
TO ACCEPT WATER
TRYING TO RUN ME OFF,
IN LITTLE RIVERLETS
TO A MORE WELCOMING
PATCH OF EARTH,
THAT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED
THE ABSENCE, OF MOISTURE
FOR SO LONG.
YET THE SEEDS IN YOU BEG
NOT TO LEAVE
MIMI VON LITOLFF
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2001 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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