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Friday, August 31, 2012

Poem-A-Day: Rafael Campo, Love Song for Love Songs

Academy of American Poets

August 31, 2012

Today's poem is copyright © 2012 by Rafael Campo. Used with permission of the author.

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    Love Song for Love Songs
    by Rafael Campo

    A golden age of love songs and we still
    can't get it right. Does your kiss really taste
    like butter cream? To me, the moon's bright face
    was neither like a pizza pie nor full;
    the Beguine began, but my eyelid twitched.
    "No more I love you's," someone else assured
    us, pouring out her heart, in love (of course)—
    what bothers me the most is that high-pitched,
    undone whine of "Why am I so alone?"
    Such rueful misery is closer to
    the truth, but once you turn the lamp down low,
    you must admit that he is still the one,
    and baby, baby he makes you so dumb
    you sing in the shower at the top of your lungs.

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