Senryu of the Seven Sins
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

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I am a marvel
such as no one has beheld
in all creation!
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The world should be mine…
but if it were, I would want
more and more…and more.
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I want what you have:
all things that ever were yours
Should ever be mine–
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Your lover’s fingers
in my hair–my lover’s breath
caressing my skin…
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I’d devour it all–
the lovers, the food, the world–
make it part of me
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or destroy it all,
even if so doing meant
rending my own self!
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What things I would do!
…if I could just be bothered
to get out of bed.
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© Lori A. Claxton 2017
