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# September Romance
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/september-romance/
- Published: 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: she told me: I will not grow old, matter of factlly, distant, cold I didn't care: those crimson lips promised eternal bliss and now as my bones bend and break, I understand what was at stake and as her eyes, unflinchi...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

she told me: I will not grow old, matter of factlly, distant, cold  
I didn't care: those crimson lips promised eternal bliss  
and now as my bones bend and break, I understand what was at stake  
and as her eyes, unflinching, scorn, I beg for just one kiss

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