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Poetry of Issue 9: Erato-cism

Erato-cism

My Muse and I

have an erratic relationship.

When the urge comes upon me

and I really need her loving embrace,

sometimes my Muse

lavishes kisses on my straining pen,

but sometimes she leaves me dangling,

no verse at all erected.

 

No matter how hard I strain,

my desire wilts ungraced

by any climax.

 

No poetry spurts forth.

by Sam Friedman

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