By smoldering
Date: 16 June 2000
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Then another causal glance and
some quiet conversation
make them ponder what you
are up to
over there
the two of you can chat
while everyone spins the webs
that bind another perception
into a blood-drinking cocoon
and no one stops to ask why
or what or how
or when
when they assume
and so the anger feeds desire
and things spin
out of control
not quite enough to make you dizzy
but enough to leave you wondering
what the hell just happened
and when you started to
look
the way everyone else saw you
to begin with
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