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Re: Skirt of Printed Sunflowers / Will Dockery

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From: Will Dockery
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:10
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On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 11:12:51 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 11:14:02 PM UTC+10, Will Dockery wrote: 
>
> > Skirt of Printed Sunflowers 
> > 
> > Girl of these woods and chemicals 
> > we labor for the black pigs of my poetry 
> > for the bone gods of the sea. 
> > For the secret rose you keep for me 
> > under the skirts of printed sunflowers. 
> > 
> > There is a hollering and someone has a 
> > dog that barks 
> > your eyes have that recently crying look 
> > and your hair seems as soft 
> > and your smell as sweet 
> > as before. 
> > As that last time you came to my door 
> > in a skirt of printed pastel sunflowers. 
> > 
> > But it has been seen that you look 
> > straight through 
> > I fear that you are already gone. 
> > That night you tried to die in my arms 
> > is something that I will not forget 
> > or make sense of 
> > you and your skirt of bright printed sunflowers. 
> > 
> > Methinks that you no longer see nothing 
> > and God knows what kind 
> > of love is this 
> > you told me that you never stopped loving me. 
> > But you could never return to me 
> > in your skirt of printed sunflowers. 
> > 
> > -Will Dockery 
> > 
> > C & C welcome & appreciated.
> Excellent work, keep them coming.

Good afternoon, Ilya, thanks for reading and commenting.

🙂

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