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In the park

                                        He met me in the park
                                                            I came despite the warnings of my friends
                                        took my hand in the dark
                                                            I shiver as the ferris wheel ascends
                                        surrounded by the painted colors
                                                            blocking out the night
                                        he was the pawn of something sinister
                                                            but it all felt so right
                                        and then he left me sitting on the wall
                                                            as he went to buy me candy
                                        they told me not to fall in love
                                                            but it was too late to save me.
                                        I was lured to his meeting
                                                            in a glass pavilion on the sea
                                        whispered secrets in his ear
                                                            he pretended not to hear me
                                        but when everyone was gone,
                                                            he kept me there. his newest sister
                                        as the sunlight slowly faded
                                                            he held me close. I kissed his lips
                                        my hair tangled with his fingertips
                                                            he brought me before his master
                                        I became an emissary for space adventure.
                                        The code was changed, a cry for help
                                                            of a prisoner below.
                                        


March - June 2007

In pencil, on lined notebook paper. May be unfinished.

(Published 09.24.2008 , updated 08.01.2009 )


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