Love In Plain teXt
Love,
they say,
is the continual good will for another’s best end.
That’s too high-sounding for me.
Love is a lure,
and love is a hook:
without which I’m never
happy nor free.
Once lured, I’m willingly snagged.
And once hooked,
I’m a cheerfulest prisoner–
at liberty
in love’s expansive captivity.
- Charity Johnson, 2012
