pantoum?

With patience painful, and exquisite
I held my heart my lips in check
Looking at you like an island
Perfect as in some postcard from a friend.

I held my heart my lips in check
Praying the smooth line of your jaw
Perfect, as in some postcard from a friend,
I read much more than there was there.

Praying the smooth line of your jaw
Looking at you like an island
I read much more than there was there
With patience painful, and exquisite.

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By Eleanor Jackson

Eleanor Jackson is a Filipino Australian poet, performer, arts producer, cyclist, writer, gal about town, feminist, freewheeler, and friend.

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