"Definition" [by Herb Engelhardt]

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November 04, 2011

"Definition" [by Herb Engelhardt]

It must be love
When you feel
Affection at the sight
Of her underpants
In a small heap
On the floor

-- Herb Engelhardt

Posted by The Best American Poetry on November 04, 2011 at 09:39 PM in Poems, Spontaneous Aphorisms | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

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