Yes, reap the kisses from someone mouth-open,
kindly.
To hell with later.
If you wait for later,
then you will age faster
and leave a trail along tangled
brambles.
How we stumble --
rooting out wants and needs,
burrowing for the heal-all
and other remedies,
and digging up corpses buried
long ago.
To hell with later!
Death's kiss comes soon enough.
7/14/01
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(italics) Copa: The Barmaid ~Virgil