CONCeRNING A THIeF:::{AN ODe<=>OF SORTS}
I HAVe BeeN
VIOLATeD:
SOMeONe (I KNOW WHO)
eNTeReD MY BODY AND STOLe
(eVeR SO SILeNTLY)
MANY THINGS THAT I HAVe NOT SAID (NOR DONe
NOR eXPReSSeD)
BUT WAS PRePARING TO
THeRe WeRe CODeS
::(ORDeReD IN
ALPHABeTICAL WAYS)::
FOR::(LeGeNDS AND FABLeS/POeMS and SONGS)::
:::(LYRICAL/NARRATIVe ODDITIeS):::
::(TO WRITe/TO Be WRITTeN/AND WRONGeD)::
OF BOYS AND GIRLS
MOTHeRS AND FATHeRS
SONS AND BLOOMING MOTHeRS
SPROUTING BABIeS TO Be MOTHeRS (IN TIMe)
...AND ON...AND ON...
:(UNTIL THe FIReS COMe):
SUReLY He :::{THeeF IF YOU ARe LISTeNING
YOU KNOW I SPeAK TO THee}:::
COULD HAVe LeFT SOMe OF ::HIMSeLF/MYSeLF::
AS {I/He WAS}><{We WeRe}
COULD HAVe LeT ::Me/He/We:: Be
AND WORSe:::He TOOK MY SCULPTUReS:::
::{I HAD THeM IN MY eAR}::
PeOPLE OF BODIeS SOFT AND
eYeS ATTRACTIVe:::::
OTHeRS PReTTY NOT SO BUT YeT
INTRIGUING:::
JUST AS I CHIPPeD THe LAST OF
THeIR LOVeLY FACeS
THAT (CLeVER AND ORIGINAL) THeeF
SWePT UP MY MARBLe AND CARVeD
(QUITe MASTeRFULLY)
HIS NAMe WHeRe MINe WOULD Be
I SAY, THeeF:
WAS THeRe NOT eNOUGH OF US TO GO AROUND?
ARe We NOT BROTHeRS?
COULD NOT HAVe YOU SHAReD?
SINCe YOU ARe OLDeR WHY DID YOU NOT
:USe YOUR WISeR (AS COMeS WITH AGe)
::TO TeACH Me THE BeAUTY
:::OF GeNeROSITY?
AND YOU See, THeeF:
NOW I AM A JeALOUS BROTHeR
I eNVY
eNVY
eNVY YOU
I ReSeNT::{YeS ReSeNT}::YOU
FOR YOU HAVe PICKeD ALL
THe FLOWeRS IN THe GARDeN::::
MANY OF THeM GReW IN Me:
:LIVeD BY MY WATeR
::BUT YOU CAReD NOT AND
SOLD THeM ALL::
::IN BeAUTIFUL? BOUQUeTS::
