Pain Is a Country Cousin of Yours, by Maxwell Bodenheim

Pain Is a Country Cousin of Yours

Pain is a country cousin of yours.
He flings buds of awakening desires
Upon the stately weddings in your heart,
And laughs.
You must teach him better manners;
Bind his mouth with pale sleep;
Caress him with trailing hands
That loosen the buds he has stolen, into flowers.

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Maxwell Bodenheim