<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=426011" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Spent</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">SPENT<br>So seldom she sees him –<br>sometimes twice a week –<br>stays free for stray whim<br>to tease, tousle, peek.<br> <br>When he leaves salt tears swim, <br>then she grieves, fears weak, <br>brown eyes, russet rim, <br>pearls course down, streak cheek.<br> <br>She wakes out on a limb<br>for his sake, rake sleek, <br>the chances seem slim<br>he’ll wedding bespeak.<br> <br>Over half-truths he’ll skim<br>though true love she’ll seek –<br>no commitments from him –<br>sad heart cries, sighs bleak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>19 November 1977 revised 17 November 2008 <br>robi03_0142_robi03_0000 XXX_LUX<br>for previous version entitled Borrowed Time see below</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Borrowed Time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So rarely she sees him, –<br>two to three times a week, –<br>though free for his stray whim<br>to tease, tousle, speak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When he leaves her, salt tears swim, <br>then she grieves, from fears weak, <br>brown eyes russet of rim, <br>down pearls course, streak each cheek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over half-truths he’ll skim<br>although true love she’ll seek, –<br>no commitments from him –<br>her heart is so bleak! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">19 November 1977</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jonathan+Robin">Jonathan Robin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=426011" data-title="Spent de Jonathan Robin" data-description="SPENT So seldom she sees him – sometimes twice a week – stays free for stray whim to tease, tousle, peek. When he leaves salt tears swim, then she grieves, fears weak, brown eyes, russet rim, pearls course down, streak cheek. She wakes ..."></div> </div> </div>

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