Sonnet 908
“Love And Need”
The difference between love and need
Is a theorem Pythagoras couldn't solve
One indefinable the other too easily satisfied
As the sweet promise of a transient rose
Holds the pollen that will feed
The tongues of bees for treasured honey
An equation than damned Othello's lust
And then Desdemona's faithful fall
So I think its a question better not to solve at all
Because I love you anyway
Beyond all others' want or need
By John Edwards
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