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SUNRISE
i promised you i would be
there when you rose
in all your spasmodic splendour
every morning for a week
we have met eyes leaking
upon my cheeks already damp
from your insolent dew
each day i yawn
in the wet grass
while your spit collects
glittering in my hair
caught in your
condescending gaze
the rising sun
i fell asleep
and missed each day
trading sun bathing
for star gazing
i searched the sky
until my vision clouded
cast over days
over-cast days
today i fulfill my promise
for the last time
ending our affair
with sullen conviction
i am awake
under your premature rays
the subtle halo of
today's noose beginning
to tighten around my neck
©Copyright May 10, 2004 Sheila Cook.