someone is scavenging the cherubs and the chimes
from my valentines
they know who they are
or maybe they don't
since they can't make their ditties gleam
using my soap.
my chimes don't migrate
my cherubs likewise
my cherry tree carol
has no disguise
your scamming intent's
a bum's enterprise.
allusive birds nestle
and the pink doves too
as they did before,
very far from you,
all thieves of words, of lilt and rhyme
your ink is stained and it's a crime
to no avail
for what in my poems
will prevail.. because I draw
from wells of truth
and beauty too; and do not loot.
mary angela douglas 28 june 2019
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