[Kayla]

And in life's noisiest hour,
There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee
The heart's self solace and soliloquy
You mould my hopes , you fashion me within
And to the leading Love throb in the Heart
Thro' all my being , thro my pulses beat
You lie in all my many thoughts, like Light
Like the fair light of Dawn, or summer Eve
On rippling Stream, or cloud reflecting Lake
And looking to the Heaven ,that bends above you
How oft! I bless the Lot, that made me love you

~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[Drunken_butterfly]

Breakfast - Jacques Prevert

He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He poured the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He added the sugar
To the coffee and milk
He stirred it
With a teaspoon
He drank the coffee
And put back the cup
Without speaking to me
He lit a cigarette
He blew some rings
With the smoke
He flicked the ashes
Into the ashtray
Without speaking to me
Without looking at me
He got up
He put his hat
On his head
He put on
His raincoat
Because it was raining
He went out
Into the rain
Without a word
Without looking at me
And I
I took my head
In my hands
And I wept

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INTIMATE VERSES - Augusto dos Anjos


No one attended, as you 've seen, your last
Chimera's awe-inspiring funeral.
Ingratitude — that panther — has been all
Your company, but it has been steadfast!

Get used to mud: soon it will hold you fast!
Man living among wild beasts on this foul
And sordid earth cannot resist the call
To turn himself as well into a beast.

Here, take a match. Now light your cigarette!
A kiss is but the eve of being spat,
A stroking hand, my friend, may stone you too.

If your great wound still saddens anyone,
Cast at that vile hand stroking you a stone,
Spit straight into the mouth that kisses you!