Love Poem: Burn the Bodies
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Written by: Chicano Eddie

Burn the Bodies

“BURN THE BODIES”



Shakespeare’s The Merchant
of Venice: act 2, scene 9.

“Thus hath the candle singed
the moth.”

you were born for me and
I for you.

with eyes that meet and words
so few, let the difference of
years be the spark that 
starts the flame.

let the moths die,
let the flame rage and
in this silent admiration,
let me love you without 
knowing you.

stare at me from across your
home, let me stare at you 
from across your home, let me 
find in you what I’ve lost in 
all others before you.

find in me what you’ve never 
been shown.

together, we can love one 
another and walk happily into 
the same fate that comes for 
us all: 

death.



By: Chicano Eddie
10-3-2016