NATURAL LOVE

By Tikum Mbah Azonga
(For Esther)

The beauty of natural love
I tell you, my friend
Is the most sublime thing I've ever known
It's slimy, slick, slippery.

If because you teach in Deido
You post your letter with no stamp
Then you've erred, and too soon
For historians hold that natural love is like honey
It spells its name backwards.

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