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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #982524
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
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#1049775 added May 18, 2023 at 2:33am
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"Adagio in Armagh" ... Sound of Glass ((8)) [180.35]
Adagio in Armargh

         to the sound of glass breaking

Mary Elizabeth sags —
slowly — like a Brahm's adagio,
tranquil but boring;

yet, tinkles like church bells when struck.

She's had ten too many children
and wants to punch through the glass ceiling —
before she's too worn out.

She's Thirty-six. A dash of hemlock? A cup of arsenic?

As the owner of her future, she'll rise to the top —
and give her offspring what their father could not.

Kåre Enga [180.35] (18.mai.2023)

Note: line 4 is an intentional double entendre
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