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Love's Great Adventure by Stewart Stafford
Look out for the wandering eye,
And the fervour that follows it,
A jewel clasped is the first part,
Guarding against theft is trickier.
Surreptitious teases acted out then,
The Rubicon crossed and drained,
Love, blind to impediment boundaries,
Prized contagion spread as lightning.
Rival houses intrude to spoil it,
To still the fluttering of butterflies,
And the bosom of Eros heaving,
Unstoppable to every homo sapien.
Here, I'll act as Cupid's emissary,
Whisper lovers' spells in my ear,
I'll parrot them to her to the letter,
So lured, she'll have me over you.
Groggy from humid moon nectar,
On summertime clouded visions,
A second an hour, as a day a year,
Arousal of fire in swelled chests.
Stallions of the Venus chariot,
Borne freely to the new Arcadia,
Feet skimming over terra firma,
The youthful mask smothers all.
© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.
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