By Ali
Date: 2007 Oct 05
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Ghost of History (Repeating)

Love
charged by the hour,
and I took it, because I could
afford the higher price, and the lesser
method of madness
that was my brief reverie
from things you never stopped
to understand.

Love
charged by the moment,
and I took it
as if disaster was merely
a consequence, not
this unearthed ghost
of history repeating.

Love was not love,
but it was.  I loved,
and you--I can't say.
It isn't right,
but it was real, but I won't
chase your shadow
just to feel the sun.