In Plato’s myth of
the birth of Eros Lack fucks
Plenty at a fete.
Love contains, barely,
too much and not enough. I
sit with tea and scone
and wait. The page blank.
My daily assignation.
Love’s lack is a lack
of self. It’s too much
this nothing that Love seeks in
the page’s blank stare.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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Metaxyturn Diaries 
This is a tasty pretzel!
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Love that image for it!
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