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If I knocked on your door
would you let me in
as a friend?

Horizon lightens at the eastern edge

watch the ducks upon the pond

feel the fingers of the dawn

chilling touch of night

gone

I know the answer is no

once twilight is enough

BUTTERFLY

Scarlet curtain

splotches of brown and beige

grays mostly

Wind swirls between her wings

Words bleed upon the page

Stop this flow of life's most precious

Gift freely given

Past puddles on the wall

Beauty comes at a cost

Ugly is easy

No matter what you do

She'll knock at your door

Might as well let her in

Pink pants and knit vest

Charm dripping off her sleeve

As much as you resist

The long nights of loneliness, succumb

You know you'll be beaten, brow down