By the guppy
Date: 15 December 2000

undiluted

i'm not gonna be the foot-sweeper-off-er you've always dreamed of
i lay down my compliments to you as genuine
and not as a means of getting something from you
that, my dear, is respect
and it's independent of whatever events life weaves between us
if you're seeking to be worshipped
seek elsewhere
perhaps start a religion
you're not salvation to me
you never will be
i love you, truly
with all the beauty of equality
i call you friend with each breath i call you lover

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