February 9, 2020 · 3:20 pm
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Then – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

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“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”  James Baldwin.

Then

What if, for example,
fish swam backwards or the
moon tangoed with Jupiter
and I eclipsed your notions of love,
would you love me then?

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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22 responses to “Then – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. rugby843
    February 9, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    Especially then☺️

    Sent from my iPad

    >

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  3. newepicauthor
    February 9, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    Let me think it over for a while.

    Liked by 1 person

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  5. msjadeli
    February 9, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    love is love, whatever the form or notion of what you think it should be

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  6. Liz Gauffreau
    February 9, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    I like this very much! It expresses something intangible about love–I’m not quite sure what–which is why the thought needed to be a poem.

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