How come they became friends ?
was that before he had breasts ?
striking poem, Sharon
On 20/01/2013, at 7:04 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> If I had a boyfriend with breasts, I'd probably kill him too.
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> Serving the tri-state area.
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> Halvard Johnson
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> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:59 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> *Woman Kills Boyfriend With Breasts
>> [News headlines 16 January 2013]
>>
>> at attention, stiff in their uniform
>> always they preceded me
>> flags of a foreign country
>> heralding my arrival before
>> the rest of me entered the room
>>
>> harnessed like oxen
>> buried beneath turtlenecks and vests
>> caged in nets of wire and lace
>> pliable, they complied with the style
>> of the day, pointed like armor
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>> or softly curved like cushions
>> like pears or apples or melons
>> nipples concealed or coyly
>> barely pushing against thin
>> cotton or silk or satin
>>
>> released at night
>> in the valleys of sleep
>> set free on the fields of love
>> tongued and bitten and kneaded
>> like dough
>>
>> taunted by gangs of boys
>> and men from sidewalks
>> and cars, groped in offices
>> and classrooms, brushed up
>> against in crowded rooms
>>
>> too often I slept behind them
>> as they were held, contained
>> in the greedy hands of lovers
>> claimed like fish in a trap
>> fighting to breathe
>>
>> I’m up here
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>> *
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>> --
>> sharon brogan
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