How can my love hold him when the other
Flaunts a gaudy lust and is lioness
To his beast? Men are worthless, to trap them
Use the cheapest bait of all, but never
Love, which in a woman must mean tears
And a silence in the blood.
A Losing Battle
Kamala Das
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Poem topics: lust, never, silence, woman, beast, hold, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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