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The Stable Girl

'The Stable Girl,' a poem that honors the passionate yearning of a romantic pursuit of unrequited love.
A beautiful maiden and her white mare.

The Stable Girl

BY KEN LEMARCHAND

“All night I shall gallop thus, impetuously,
Till your head is a stone, your pillow a little turf,
Echoing, echoing.
Or shall I bring you the sound of poisons?”
—Sylvia Plath

Her hands spin lace from mock orange;
a twirling dress for stiff cocktails, yet I,
a lord, shall bear his frock pale as ivory
and spin wildly as a col…

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