Archibald is a Very Manly Name
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She looks a bit too large for him, but then
The lens was closer, near her. That aids this
Impression. Maybe he was not like men
Who think that women should be small for bliss
In man to be complete. Perhaps he loved
Her for her oval face and careful hair
Before he took her to his bed and shoved
His way to thrills beneath her nippled pair,
To spills inside her larger body. Who can tell?
They’re lost in sepia to us. His nose
And whiskers caught her in his spell
Before she suffered his ecstatic throes.
He made her pregnant twice and then she died.
He veered to find his smaller victim bride.
~ Phillip Whidden