"With Care"
By The Blood and The Bones
I do want to be handled with care
at times
but please God
never like a flower
smoke
or tenuous glass
things that break easily
instead I beseech you
to see my true shape
to know the danger
in the way I was made
and handle me instead
as if I were a blade
The Blood and the Bones is the pseudonym for a former lover of a US servicemember. Follow her here.
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Join us at the Parlor for a performance of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Generally regarded as one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written, Private Lives is the story of Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honeymooning with new spouses at the same hotel, who meet by chance, and hilarity (as well as passion, anger, romance and aggravation) ensues. A uniquely humorous play, it has boasted numerous successful Broadway runs with stars like Coward himself, Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Gertrude Lawrence, Tammy Grimes, Richard Burton, and Elizabeth Taylor. The evening will open with veteran playwright Gavin Kayner's ten-minute play TWO PERSONS SINGULAR and then be followed by an intermission. Seating is limited and shows sell out fast, so get your tickets here.