SONNET IV

JUST YOU AND 1. LET'S BOTH ESCAPE THE HEAT, CLIMB UP A HILL AND LOVE TILL DAY IS DONE, UP WHERE THE CORN IS GOLD AGAINST THE SUN. PLANT DEEP IN EARTH OUR BARE AND THIRSTY FEET. JUST YOU AND I, FRESH WITH THE SMELL OF YOUTH, MUSKED WITH THE SCENT OF HUMAN PASSION FLOWER, WON'T HEED THE RUMBLE FROM AN IVORY TOWER.

NOR FIND A FARMING TERM SO MUCH UNCOUTH RIGHT WHERE THE EARTH LIES PLAIN AND UNASHAMED

OF SEED OR DEW OR VARIED PROGENY.

GO WHERE THE PLOW HER BROWNISH CRUST HAS CLAIMED THE BOUNTY OF HER GOLDEN CHARITY.

JUST YOU AND I FORGET THE OTHER THINGS

LOST IN THE RAPTURE OF A MILLION SPRINGS.

ARTEMIS SMITH

WHY I AM GAY

GRANDMA INSISTS IT'S HEREDITARY, MOTHER'S SIDE ISN'T ORDINARY. DADDY SWEARS THE FAULT IS MOTHER'S, SHE ALWAYS FAVOURED MY BROTHERS, MOTHER EXPLAINS THE BLAME IS DAD'S, HIS LACK OF DISCIPLINE WAS BAD. MY DOCTOR DECLARES, JUST A PHASE. OUR MINISTER SAYS, BADLY RAISED. THE ANALYST THINKS | NEED A BEAU, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF LOVE, I KNOW!

MORGEN FITZGERALD

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