By cire nehtrow
Date: 2007 Feb 20
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[[2007.02.20.14.15.19249]]

48 hours

48 hours was all it took
for you to be with someone else
after I let you off the hook
why expect anything else?

girls wonder why men don't commit
then hook new men in an eyelash flash
bat an eye and open lips to wit
no shortage of bulls to chase the sash

what man's Heart is safe in that
interminable pit of vipers, pythons
Eves jumping into the writhing vat
professing love with ripping nylons

even if I give my life's stake
woman will pluck the apple and damn me
kiss the hissing lips of the snake
blame me for shaking the tree

I'm afraid to be in love again
afraid to have my Heart betrayed
another Eve, another stain
groping Heart beaten and flayed

if you loved me that much
why not a week or month alone?
it would have meant so much
but you won't go without a bone,
and said as much.

were you entitled?  yes
beholden to me?  no
liability?  I confess...
but 48 hours?  no, I know...