(chapter insert)
Please
lay beside me
for I am weary
I've journeyed far and long
my body aches
as does my soul
and I must know
that when I wake
I do not wake
so all alone
Please,
lay beside me
do keep my body warm...
(Inspired by "To Lay Me Down" by the Grateful Dead, and memories of The Sandman.)
From:Dahlia: a Tale of the Erotic and Perverse
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Anthology of Treasured American Poetry
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