I look into your eyes my love, Staring at me from the laboratory jar Your skin is as soft as a passing dove Scaly and leprous-best viewed from afar Your lips part to reaveal pearly whites, Unkempt tombstones at odd angles under stactites My pants begin to rise with grace Parchment stretched over bone-that's your face I empty my lead in your pencil case I've scored with my pencil-now back to Base
Reason for writing:
Judy Garland's performance as Dorothy in MGM's "The Wizard of Oz"
Birth sign: Capricorn
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