Love Poem: Exhortation Iv
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Written by: Tim Smith

Exhortation Iv

Courtesan rays slip through saffron robes 
undaunted  countenance persists 
past spuriously puffed up wares 
burying a man alive 

Protect me from this sea 
drown out in apprehension 
unscrupulously seizing me 

Engulf me in a mere chestnut gloss 
where the specters lie in wake 
loop your thrum against my form 
and pleasure you may take 

°as the night rests so shall we 
and in morning a love will rise