Gaucherie in Bedlam           


I will conceal my mirth
Then you would know.
Look and behold
Someone whom you thought
Is unreal
Is a wallflower
Is a forlorn lass
Who awaits your attendance.
Then again again it is too late
To venture among the fragrant beds
For they are too full of vipers!

I am not one of them.

If you don't cease,
I won't.
And you will find what is
Embedded and embellished
On this crimson heart.
Your name!
That is in gold-engraved to taunt all muses.

Hold the ruby-studded key and open it.
You will know
And I will lose all my reserve
But I will conceal my mirth.


xiomara demeterio
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