We can’t go on like this
Living like two prizefighters
In this ring we call love
Locked in a clinch
Protecting ourselves at all times
Bobbing and weaving
Side slipping blows
A TKO of love
Just two contenders
No one remembers
(9/27/05)
Richard Quinby
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