Love Poem: The Pleasures of Love
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Written by: Paul Love

The Pleasures of Love

your doll face , your doll hands

your heart beats inside a cage

and you love him

       the others leave you 

in between boredom and 

         annoyance

his falcon eyes and 

  smooth body

      so strong and filled

  with secrets



     but i must tell you

that we are made cruel by

       this world and 

brought to it honestly

      it is in 

the middle of all the things

          that we are

and we will hurt you 

    in ways you cannot

understand

       or be ready for



he will want more and more of you

 until it burns your world



will turn from you when you 

       give him everything



 will only be with you

  when he is with you 

 until he is with another

       in a few days



         you may hear it

           a dozen times

            but believe

          it only once.

don't say I didn't warn you.