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He Was Never Meant . . .

Mandi Elliott



He was never meant to fall in love
with the wax sealed and mail-tired white that enveloped
unlined pages of hurried and accidental promises
when they were introduced- faceless and unfamiliar

Holding the wax broken and mail-tired white that enveloped
her long ascending desperate rhymes written in red
he laughed when they were courting faceless and unfamiliar
trying not to become one like a prisoner in an open cell

But her long ascending desperate rhymes written in red
became to him a crimson blur behind doubt-clouded eyes
as he tried not to become one like a prisoner in an open cell
for he was never meant to fall in love.


Mandi Elliott is a student at Clackamas Community College and is currently touring Italy. Read more of Mandi's classroom poetry by following the graphic links below.


Mandi's Chance Encounter Mandi's Sonnet


   

Villa by Mandi Elliott can be read here.

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All rights reserved. Spring Term 2005.
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon


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