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Makena Coastline, Maui, Hawaii
©
1997 David Muench
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sim·i·le (sîm¹e-lê) noun - A
figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often
in a phrase introduced by like or as. |
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simile
an ocean, you said,
is like sadness:
waves gathering
restlessly rushing its shores
the sand weeps its presence
it leaves for a time
yet always returns --
So should the taste of the tear
on your face when I kissed you
surprise me?
© Jonathan Bohrn (1998)
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