Love Poem: Reverse
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Written by: Paula Larson

Reverse

As solemn curse extracts the entity of worse,
so moderating to a lesser verb
excoriates to slang of verse.

And so it is derivative's adverse,
is anger, that I cannot love thee - terse,
with gentle thought as in some morning's nurse.

I love thee, there it be, in violence or curse -
I love thee, love thee, love thee - no reverse!