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The Cave of Hypnos: Early Poems

The Gulls

You forgot
to remove
his hands
still stroking
your breasts
in slow circles
like gulls,
white bellies tight,
as you
so naked
tried to light
a smile.

Copyright © 2012 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

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The Cave of Hypnos: Early Poems