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Cupid's Drive-by Shooting

Do you believe in love at first sight?
Can it happen?

There she was
Sitting there
I'd dreamed of her since I was a little boy
I'd always wanted her
AND THERE SHE WAS!!!

Trapped in a steel cage
Her feet bare
Her hair was beautiful
Her ears were perfect
In fact, everything about her was perfect.

And then, our eyes met
My soul became charged with light
And life and hope and love
Pure, unconditional, radiant love
Her eyes were the eyes of an angel of mercy

In them was no fear or concern
Only longing and love

And I thought of her feet, her bare feet
Running to greet me at the end of a hard day
After my tilting at windmills
And other quixotic quests and queries

Her bare feet
Pressing up against my body in a pure expression
Of respect and fealty and love and devotion

Her bare feet
Padding softly to be close to me
As I lay on the ground
To snuggle close
And put her head on my shoulder
My arm around her small body

And look into those eyes - those incredible, beautiful eyes...
And see eternity

These are my thoughts as I drive by
The PetSmart pet adoption
And I see the beagle for adoption

I hear cries of love and desire from the back seat
Two children who want that love, too.
And I smile like the sphinx, my knowing smile...

Alas! for love that cannot be...

:-)


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