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Burton L. Carlson
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Modern Icarus

Icarus flew high in anger
until the sun
made wet the lies of his feathers
and slapped him down
to grovel in
his own black mud of hate,
having openly
declared all women
with sufficient looks
to be exclusively his
and his first to fuck.

Women Wives LoversSuzi PeelMay 2, 2015
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