Death and Beauty

I saw your face

A time and place

Politely on the edge

I was enthralled

Then with a glimpse

Brown eyes blinked

And read you've seen it all

Up a stairway we'd ascend

Encircle beginning and our end

Parts of me knew that I've seen this all before

And as we lay there

Heart to heart

I pulled you back with quick remarks

Unfolded garments we used to dress my floor

Up a stairway we'd ascend

Encircle beginning and our end

Parts of me knew that I've seen this all before

These deeds it is said

Come straight from our head

Give glances of death and beauty

and with mock trials

We'll soon realize

That we are alive

Down a stairway we'd ascend

Encircle beginning and our end

Parts of me knew that I've seen this all before.

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