We make love like jackals at a kill;
fall back empty of each other,
of ourselves.
–Sarah Russell
First published in one-sentence poems
For Poets United Mid-week theme “Lust”
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Yes, when it happens that way, one does feel empty of themselves. Well said.
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Yup.
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frantic.
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Indeed.
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Powerful words
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Thanks, Marja.
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That sounds like ravenous behaviour!
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I know. 🙂
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Swift! Goodness! Powerful writing.
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Thanks, Susan.
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Wow!!!
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🙂
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Yep. Lust can be that fierce and all consuming.
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Sort of takes over sometimes, doesn’t it.
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It certainly does. Some of us are lucky with it. But others… not so much.
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“fall back empty of each other,”…Ha, this happens 🙂
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Yup. 🙂
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Will never look at a jackal the same way again!!! 🙂
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Snarling, hungry beasts — jackals… 🙂
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Brilliantly put Sarah! I love this!
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Thanks a lot, Carrie!
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Perfect! says everything about the hunger.
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Thanks a lot, Sara!
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I wonder if I’ll find your poem in the thesaurus next to Lust? It seems an apt description. Love it!
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Not sure Roget will read it — or is even still alive… But that’s high praise, Vivian. Thanks!
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😊
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With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of
plagorism or copyright violation? My blog has a lot of exclusive content
I’ve either authored myself or outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is
popping it up all over the internet without my agreement.
Do you know any methods to help protect against content from being stolen? I’d
certainly appreciate it.
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Try looking at this site: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/money/6-tips-for-protecting-and-defending-your-online-content/
I found a poem on a site (without my name crediting it, of course) and asked them to take it down or credit it. They took it down. I haven’t checked lately. Probably should…
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