I wore you

I wore you today
Like a raggedy coat
For the feel of how warm it used be
I wore you
Beneath the tattered veil of night
Far from the glare of stars or eyes
I wore you
Until touched reduced to the wetness
Of crumpled notes
Left in my tiny hand
I wear your scent into day
But I have never
Tasted your kiss

En dikt av den sydafrikanska poeten Lebogang Mashile.

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