It loses pace in the last stanza but otherwise I liked it a lot.
bw
James
>From: "Bousfield, Christine [CES]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: sub-why?
>Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 20:18:18 +0100
>
>Dear All
>Comments please
>BW
>Christine
>
>Why?
>
>Why risk your arm with a greedy lover?
>A toad would love you better,
>sit grinning by your side,
>hear your murmurs to the wind.
>
>Why risk your arm with a greedy lover?
>A bear would dance you round
>nuzzle your ear, bristle up close,
>snuffle the lines in your hand.
>
>Why risk your arm with a greedy lover?
>Spiders would spin you a dream,
>to hurl you, wild-eyed, into the night,
>leave you in silken bonds.
>
>Why risk your arm with a greedy lover?
>A snake would swallow its tail,
>shed skins to make you shoes,
>draw crazed circles in your mind.
>
>No, best give me your arm;
>I eat well, don't need
>to devour the hands I hold:
>we two are of a kind.
>
>
>
>chrisbousfield October 2002
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