<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547135" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Blood Tears (a pantoum)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bougainvillea weeps petals on the street, <br>cobblestones are red with tears.<br>Much care is needed treading cobblestones<br>more now that I may murder tears.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cobblestones are red with tears: <br>I know not where to put my foot, <br>more now that I may murder tears.<br>Would the weeper feel pain? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know not where to put my foot<br>for fear of stepping on the petals.<br>Would the weeper feel pain<br>were I to crush just one? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For fear of stepping on the petals<br>I walk home the long way round.<br>Were I to crush just one, <br>my heart would weep red too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I walk home the long way round-<br>if I crush this crimson carpet<br>my heart would weep red too, <br>fallen flowers' blood my own.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I crush this crimson carpet<br>much care is needed treading cobbles.<br>Fallen flowers' blood my own, <br>the bougainvillea weeps petals on the street.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lois+Read">Lois Read</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=547135" data-title="Blood Tears (a pantoum) de Lois Read" data-description="The bougainvillea weeps petals on the street, cobblestones are red with tears. Much care is needed treading cobblestones more now that I may murder tears. Cobblestones are red with tears: I know not where to put my foot, more now that I may mu..."></div> </div> </div>

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