By the guppy
Date: 12 January 2001
beneath the armor
she broke him in
as tall, dark, and meaningless as she desired
he proved a fast learner
and fastened to himself a war cry
to scream to himself in throes of passionate battle
"empty or not, here i come"
to permit release without tears
and to hasten defiant retreat
that would steer him for years
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