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Brian Foley
Old Movies
Innocent as a fresh laid egg.
When broke open
No one had any blood.
A fear of passion
Reaching inroads
Like a fly that enters
A room intimately
Then trapped by
A poison sheet of paper
Or left upon a ledge
Of a window kept closed
Where it too will shed no blood.
Posted 11/30/09
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I love Brian Foley and Sir! This is a great one.
Sara Guest
11/30/09 8:13pm