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DEARTH by VIRGINIA RICHARDS CASABONA

First Line: THERE IS / THIS NIGHT A POIGNANT/SUPERFLUITY
Last Line: OF YOU!
Subject(s): POISONS & POISONING;

There is
This night a poignant
Superfluity
Of things: the very heavens sag,
Star-burdened;
While sweet
With scent of trees
And honeyed flowers, and warmth
Caught up from cooling earth, the air,
Like amber
Wine,
Adds torture to
A lingering desire --
Enhancing cruelly the dearth
Of you!



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