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                                                 Alex Sherstinsky
                                                 October 14, 1986



                           NEVER AGAIN


                My love, I wronged you, be I damned:
                The devil saw my brains were jammed,
                The scum has played on me his trick,
                Made me screw up and slip

                Into his grossness, filth, and dirt
                That caused my conscience scream and hurt.
                From perfect ten, I fell to nine,
                Took you with me, and teared your eye.

                More couldn't do the bloody bastard
                Than cause a nauseating cluster,
                Which cries behind my ribs "Oh, no!"
                As I am beating it to go,

                To leave, and rid me of its spell
                That tried to pull me down to hell
                With all the creeps, so ghoulish, ghastly,
                And spirits, utterly disgusting.

                In little time, you can expect
                I will deserve your trust, respect;
                When I reach ten, I'll be convinced
                That I'm again your charming prince.

                What in the world can stop this wheel?
                I love you heatedly, and feel
                The whole idea: you and I
                Is nothing short of paradise.



Unpublished Work Copyright 1986 Alex Sherstinsky