Love Poem: Three Words
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Written by: Jim Hirtle

Three Words

As precious as gold Your bronze skin shimmers beneath the crystal lights Too many nights I have longed To again inhale your sweet bouquet Where have you been? The fragrant marrow flows past those gathered to steal just One glance at you I inhale deeply, igniting memories of our past You lay waiting Your golden skin concealed beneath the alabaster blanket Just as this night, I once inhaled your toxins I longed to feel your golden flesh To taste your moistness To hear those three words spoken Sung one more time Where have you been? I have waited too long I spy the one who has brought you here tonight He stands, speaking meaningless words They have come for you Not his pointless pondering I have come for you To hear those three words Sung one more time I see what others cannot I know your skin trembles in anticipation Two united once agin The crystal lights dance, reflected in the cold steel Held in his calloused hand With lightning speed- The razor-sharp edge comes down Slicing through your beauty The amber fluids flow past my eyes And then, at last, they come Just three words... "Pass the gravy"