Melancholy Hyperbole

Poetry about longing.

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Into the Depths

Kraken is the definite form of “krake,” from the Norwegian, meaning an unhealthy animal or something twisted.   I remember this as steam coats the shower glass like fog from the rising foam.   I have fantasized here countless times, Alone, my hands finding the purchase that words could not.   Not so long ago I could only imagine The cresting waves of your movements, rhythmic as the tides.   […]

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