By Misti
Date: 2002 Apr 27
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mermaid

        love
   an angry sea
has spewed me
out on yet another
lonely island beach
where everything that matters
is out of reach
and I am dying
yet I beseech
the Gods of Whatever
to teach me another lesson
and lessen my power

I'm banged up and broken
(Zeus has spoken!)
I'm damaged goods and I
really should
hang a CLOSED sign
on my heart
part ways
with the giddy Ganymede inside
who does back-flips for
a four-letter lie
I should burn
the house down
and find
a cave

but I save
seashells
and sing
loving the mystery
of
the water