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The way of love
By Linda M. Crate


love grows in blossoms
fragrant as rose, she unravels
her gardenias upon you in
purple prose; she makes your
heart oscillate like butterfly
wings, and she makes you
do the craziest things; when
she is true she lifts you up into
that privileged point of view —
but if she leaves you, she’ll
tear apertures straight through.


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Linda Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. She has a Bachelor's in English-Literature from Edinboro University. Her poetry and short stories have been published in several magazines.