MAGNOLIA

DISCLAIMER: Marvel, not I.
SUMMARY: Scott thinks about Logan. Set sometime after Jean's death.
RATING: PG. If that.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: See Gwendolyn Brooks, 'A Lovely Love'.

Magnolia curls delicate blossoms under
Our feet. All my dreams, love, torn asunder
In the dawn, and still we walk on cheapened
Petals and stale smells, echoes of deepened
Pain before. Touch me. Scrape me with your kiss;
Touch me there; touch me once more, like *this*,
And again, again, scrape metal claws against me,
Russet and burgundy and red-hot, not from a tree
Blossoms, but from me. Scrape me, touch me, hurt
Me, prove to me you're real, not blossoms in the dirt -
Not Death or some forgotten memory, tucked away
Inside your mind, never shared, never seen the day.
Yes, right there, once again, cut deep, deep, love,
Deep where I can feel you, see wings, wonder if it's a dove.
See stars, wonder if it's death - hell - heaven, see *you*,
See lies, and half-light truths, smiles and everything untrue -
Yes, right there, o! scrape me with your kiss
Once more, again, like *this*.

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