Poetry Magazine
The Rule
Discipline. Free will
Doesn't mean freewheel.
But what about Eros? Let
Eros harrow whom he will.
I have sipped my sip
And poisoned the well.
I am well pleased with my thirst.
I know my thirst no evil.
You'll die of thirst, Shail.
If the salt sea wills.
Source: Poetry (October 2007).
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Relationships, Love
Poetic Terms Couplet, Free Verse
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