how awful

crying is

to understand at last
the arrogance of
my listless plagiarism

your line that I’d read in a poem one time

crying is compulsory
after the symphony
of your love

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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