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The Adverse Effects of Marriage
dmartin

This bedroom
 1
reeks of sweat
 2
and mid-afternoon sex,
 3
but in fifteen years
 4
its safe to say
 5
that it won't smell that way.
 6

22 May 05

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The first three lines held so much promise and I wanted you to take it higher, and then the crash landing. I know it's the truth but a poetic lie would have been nice..
 — cowork

HAHAHA!!!  this made me laugh out loud!  very nice, very nice.....

the only thing i might change is replace the "and" on line 4 with "but".
cuz im just that picky :)
 — woman_power

:-)

Suggestion:

that it will no longer
smell that way.
 — Seahorse

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