Riposte, a poem written by William Carlos Williams at Spillwords.com

Riposte

Riposte

a poem by William Carlos Williams

 

Love is like water or the air
my townspeople;
it cleanses, and dissipates evil gases.
It is like poetry too
and for the same reasons.
Love is so precious
my townspeople
that if I were you I would
have it under lock and key—
like the air or the Atlantic or
like poetry!

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