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Cold Boudicca

Cherry

By camilla

Tue, 09 Aug 2005
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Cold Boudicca
her city suit
armours her in cloth
her woman self
set aside and fallow
trusts only herself
wears knives on her chariot
and crisped helmet hair
cooks for one
and sighs at the hopelessness of men
but after news at ten
Boudicca is cold

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