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Calliope`s Kiss

by  Ixion64

Posted: Sunday, June 5, 2005
Word Count: 44




As I slept Calliope stole into my room,
She kissed me on my forehead,
Through dermis and bone her powers prevailed,
Grey matter shook; synapses snapped,
Neurons niggled each one their neighbour.
And when I awoke, I found I could write,
But not poetry.