I wanted so much to meet

this Annabelle Lee

 

My heart proposed

that I talk to Edgar

Poe who knew her

 

I found a penchant for

writing, whence most if not all

word travelers sought

comfort and self-gratification

 

Yea, I loved to write

but got lost

being Alone

that I bartered this passion

for glasses full of painkiller

 

When the heart felt

that my thoughts became heavy

like a rock in its pocket

in deep silence

it uttered this: Oh, Edgar

 

Poe must have carried

the rock of sorrow

 

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