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Lisa Jain Thompson
To The Groom
by Sappho
(completed by Lisa Jain Thompson)
Who are you, lovely groom?
You are a slender sapling.
I wonder what she sees in you
So unready for her tastes.
Is this your first visit
To our island, I think?
Be careful, lovely groom,
Our coral
is rather sharp
and unforgiving.
Copyright Sappho and L.J. Thompson
c. 600 B.C.E and 1998 C.E.
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