By Rhetoric
Date: 2002 Jan 05
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Whitman Whispered



While I was walking, I found a stone.
This stone, ragged and rough, held a thought.
It was the stone, that spoke the path,
for which I must travel.
I held the form in my hand and
savoured each rounded bump.
From the caress, emerged a mass that
shone an image and light to admire.

I must confess that from this stone,
I heard my story in narration.
The tale was of love and the stone
was me, tucked behind green moss.
How easy it was to carve from dirt and
moist, a smooth skin and supple body.
I chance that with each year, my honor robe
will continue to shed and reveal the inner dame.