. . . .Beauty And The Beast :-)

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  Valentine's Day (for Celine Chauvet) Bought you a ‘dozen roses’ cake today Red icing buds and sugary thorned stems Long, of course, and wrapped in our names Dated with the anniversary of our success It was so beautiful, your face, When you opened the long flower box Gasping then crying into laughter We hugged until we could wait no longer Then in a fumbling rush Hungry to taste how sweet We cut into our love w i t h the sharp k n i f e we s h a r e

(c) Thomas Fortenberry


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