Poem: Polluted stream (Kaghan 2022)

Water is love liquefied -

But we are adept at polluting our love with the effluvia of countless desires;

This stream was crystal clear

Only a few years ago

and then mirrored each countenance without ambiguity;

Today it's as dirty as the rest of us,

and in a twisted kind of way , still reflects our stagnation,

Weeping with its slime-green tears of bilious affectation;

A jilted lover can do no more, or less .

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(c ) 2022 Omer Tarin