Neptune is my cat-eyed friend infidèle.
Glides carpet-hugging her caterwaul:
such a herring thing, the fish of frenzy
tonight shall not hush my sleek ashen courtesan
below a stifled instinct bleeding.

The heart is heard and granted sympathy,
sized large for heart’s desires.



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