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You ask why I'll no longer date a human?

I have my reasons, among them this:

they lack commitment, fear eternal bliss.

You ask why I'll no longer date a human?

I offered more than just a charnel tryst

and received much less — a planck-sized kiss.

And you ask why? I'll no longer date a human.

I have my reasons, among them this.




Terrie Leigh Relf is on staff at Sam's Dot Publishing where, in addition to being on the Special Projects committee, she edits HUNGUR Magazine and The Drabbler et al. She is also the poetry editor for Tales from the Moonlit Path. She and her daughter, Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin, were recently nominated for a Rhysling in the long poem category. Terrie's other works can be found at samsdotpublishing.com (i.e., Blood Journey, a novel co-authored with Henry Lewis Sanders; Poet's Workshop—and Beyond; and My Friend, the Poet (available in July)). Terrie can also be reached at her email address: tlrelf@gmail.com.
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