From: bluebird crap on my shoulder! <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      SUB: Classic Tension (peom)

ahem.  ???

tink
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                            Classic Tension
                       Copyright 1994 Mike Barker

Silva and Carrie, all modern, swear--
Over the crumple of napkins popping.
Waiters clatter, yap, and snap--
"We'll always be friends!"

Glass shatters slam shut,
And moon tossed tides subside once more,
Where silver points scribe edges knife sharp
As blood stains quietly spread slickerish

On cold skin, well-etched.

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