Love Poem: Loving Yuck
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Written by: Joe Dimino

Loving Yuck

Love without
Love within
Love where I am
where I’ve been

Beginning to think:
far too much abundance 
of this foolish, loving folly, 

so I kicked my
wagging tail collie -- 

loving view~
it just ain’t fair! – attempting to escape,
I journeyed to the zoo

wouldn’t you know it,
two loving ape there too

along to the park
high in birch nest
spied I a pair of nurturing
lark, near
another pair of
snuggling Red Breast -- 


two nests,  

fondly sharing, the same supporting limb

depressingly glim...

a loving co-op I must confess – such loving
caress – sadly, much more loving
needing my critical address: 

a young boy helping
an old lady off the bus~
gentle, avoiding painful
fuss

a bow-haired girl 
giving a bowl of milk to a feral cat
(I prefer a brat!) -- 
Expressing pure love
by her selfless care, makes a
ornery boy cuss

for a devout prune-face like me
I disapprovingly profess

this entire day, 
a freaking loving Mess!