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1. SONNET ll • by Gabe Dybing 6 Comments

   I will write a book of such stunning art
   that the leaders of the world will elect
   it as the outcry of the human heart.
   My two billion readers will select
   their cherished passages to memorize,
   reciting them in a million tongues,
   provoking from standers-by wrenching sighs
   out of thudding hearts and constricting lungs.
   It will make peace at last for all nations,
   bring [...]

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2. SONNET IV • by Gabe Dybing 6 Comments

   Of course I know that love cannot be real,
   that it’s mere contrivance, something polite
   to believe in, an emotion to feel
   because we want to, not because it’s right;
   that characters in films love more than we
   by the plain virtue that they don’t exist.
   Our true loves are made vicariously
   through each constructed kiss and clasping fist.
   And this is why, [...]

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3. A SONNET • by Gabe Dybing 7 Comments

   Since by now we both must know that the height
   Of love is a mere biological
   Drive, that two meet, then love, then touch, then fight,
   And then, completely hysterical,
   Drive one or the other into the rain;
   And since, despite all this, we still believe
   That this is worth pursuing even pain
   Let’s hold off when our bodies start to heave.
   First [...]

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