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Not vain

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Not vain
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certainly, not vain

Your ember is in all my verse

You’re my sweet muse.

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Here

And so many others, Moon-Milk-Eyes, you lovely Swamp Thing, you. And Peaches, too.

None are for others in the past,

Only

You.

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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