.
She stifled her passion
with a bone cork
and Earth became
a rocking jug
with aching sides
and tears that leaked
through cracks
and there was naught
but a dry brown light
across the sky.
.
The gods looked down
and cursed.
They pulled loose the plug
and ground it to dust
with flying fists
until Earth trembled
and roared
its mountainous heat
into the sky
in a billowing boundless fount
of love un-damned.
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(c) 1995, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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