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Twisted Rose
She was pursued by a throng of suitors,
as his one shy rose
wooed her
with idling patience
in tentative
low gear,
but when he accelerated,
boastful,
certainly sure,
he flew preoccupied
off an unseen curve
and never returned.
Now a sculpture
of twisted petals
dance in sardonic curves
around a shrunken heart
in a vase
without water.
Judith Pordon
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Rosa Torcida
Perseguido por una horda de demandantes
su timida rosa
la cortejaba
con una atronadora paciencia
en una tentativa
baja velocidad
Pero cuando el acelero
orgulloso
ciertamente seguro
el volo preocupado
de una curva no vista
y nunca regreso
Ahora una escultura
de torcidos petalos
danza en sarcasticas curvas
alrededor de un encogido corazon
en un florero
sin agua.
- Judith Pordon
translated by BLACK_CHARRO
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