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Simile

My heart skips for you like the gazelle,
Swift limbs over the pale earth,
Seducing the dust till death,
Away from wrathful foe swift fled.
Even before the foe could think of,
Miles she'd covered and far from sight halt.
18:09:05:14:44
Josh Berry
Written by Joshuaberry (Ancestor)
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Author's Note
Note: An exercise by "An Introduction To Poetry" by X.J Kennedy and Dana Gioia, page 116, Experiment : likening.
A poem of affection not to be noticed by one whom you love. Allegorical.
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