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Saturday, 14 January 2006 10:45 |
#109
don't blame me
for linda jones
something you got
lives so deep inside you
where there are wounds
which have not yet healed,
something so tender
& soft, yet stronger
than the pain
which surrounds it,
something
so warm & com-
passionate, that glows
in your eyes
& your gorgeous smile,
when you are willing
to let it
come through,
something that glows
remains alive inside & willing
to go through the risk
again, the near occasion of pain
as the cost of feeling
& the likelihood of suffering
as a condition
of letting yourself go--
something you got
smoulders
just below the cool surface
& all your brave attempts
to suppress it
in the name of safety
& calm, you can't understand
why a man would want to mis-
treat you so badly
& you're right,
there is no reason,
you know there's nothing
wrong with you
except your gigantic heart,
the way you care for people,
the warmth you feel inside
& extend to others
as a joyful act, to give them
something you got
just because you want to, pure
& simple, but with all
the intelligence in the world
& the soulfulness
& immensity of feeling
that is you,
woman, you got it all,
are you reading me,
& if i want some of that
something you got, please
sweetheart, don't blame me
greektown, detroit
october 17 & 30, 1987
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