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<p>(from my collection 'A Distilled Spirit')</p> <p><br></p> <p>'you'</p> <p><br></p> <p>in a trick of light i found you</p> <p>pouring venom from calloused hands</p> <p>ripping faith from gibbous moon</p> <p>i’ve loved you ever since.</p> <p><br></p> <p>your cruel grace matched by</p> <p>even the coldest of gray januaries and</p> <p>as the sun died</p> <p>you spoke to me the foulest nothings</p> <p>whispered from your alligator snout.</p> <p><br></p> <p>you poured acid in my ears to</p> <p>quell my methods of thinking when</p> <p>you knew full well</p> <p>i had no free will at all.</p> <p><br></p> <p>chant a new song of turpitude</p> <p>blasphemous act;</p> <p>i’ll love you ever more.</p> <p><br></p> <p>#barflypoet</p> <p>#josephapinto</p> <p>www.josephpinto.com&nbsp;</p> <p>© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>*</p> <p>Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted;</p> <p>all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.</p> <p>*</p> <p>‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.</p> <p><br></p>