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A Portrait of the Artist as a Lovestruck Boy Pt. 1

And what praise be for the boy carbuncular                                                                                                          

those shallow craters wrought upon his skin                                                                                                              

for his acute melancholy,                                                                                                                                                              

and wretched spine                                                                                                                                                          

which tease visions of Maria that won’t leave his mind.


And what are these visions that the poor boy does see,                                                                                                                                  

golden strings, translucent skin,                                                                                                                                        

a foreshadow of lust and wondering.                                                                                                

And though Sand and Sea,                                                                                                                      

contest relentlessly                                                                                                                                

he succumbs to their plight, quite willingly.                                                                                                                

So that with an array of pills he delves into sleep’s might,                                                                                    

while darkness consumes, the light leaves his life                                                                                                      

and those visions turn ‘to shadows of a gruesome street fight.
Written by Staggolee
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