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[aid] => mick
[title] => COUNTING COUP
[time] => 2004-03-22 08:06:15
[hometext] => What can I say? Love is give and take, but who gives or takes the most?
[bodytext] => How does one count love? Is it in the physical way one can see, Or in the small things unsung? If I tell you I love you, Do you count the tally on both sides? If I show you I love you, Do you notice? I love you the way a bear loves her cubs Protecting from even the father I love you the way a spider does, Who holds on to life until her young are away I love you the way a deer lures danger from her young I could list all the ways, yet would you see? I have a hole in my mind Where the thoughts I most need fall through I have a hole in my heart That opens when you are disappointed My fallibility wrestles with my yearning for perfection I look at you and see your faults and love you for them I look at mine and wonder how you can If ever there were a reason for pity and scorn, It is I But I’m blest with the love of you Though the storms rage I patiently await the calm 3-15-01w [comments] => 1 [counter] => 192 [topic] => 48 [informant] => Rous [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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