CONCIOUS PLAY
by Gerard Aitken

taking things off til it's only you
exposed in a wet heat
submitting to an unresitable fixation
intwined, friction, like the hourglass
when it is turned upside down

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PERSONA PAIN
by Gerard Aitken

you don't look so mean
actually kind of beautiful
with your long flowing hair
and your welcoming eyes

but you're as sick as acid
you're as cruel as insanity
flowers die as you pass
you're persona of pain

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WORLD OF SHADES
by Gerard Aitken

the shadows are enough
as they falter down
feathers and claws
they paint the world with night

the morning breaks
and the day hallows through
a world of shades now
yesterday alludes..