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fort-building   


if you're bent on stalking me
do it with restraint –
trace my godforsaken footprints
deep in the interlocking maze
of leafless streets

come in fierce but slow
with a hunter's heart and courtesy
toward his intended,
not your casual
daytime-killer smile

invite the shy girl
into your fort to play –
then, once I'm intrigued
and can't get enough of fort-building –
well, finish me!


© 2007 by Beth Stevens