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Tango
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Desire is a Tango.
 a
dance

Between pride and shame
a beat

heart leads the mind

  in synthesis

  movement

 relentlessly mocking the rhytym

primal nature  of two

Dizzy souls spun bemused

to music 

 unmeasured by their composer

a mermaid 

Dining on the bones

the feast

a Newly Winded lover.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Tango"
Reviewed by Matthew Wright (Reader)
Reviewed on January 17, 2008
mmm nice words. Memorable imagery.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on July 14, 2007
I do love the comparison that you have drawn within your verses, Deborah. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on July 13, 2007
last tango in paris was a great movie and it was certainly about desire. nice poem


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