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 Written on a hug day

Repelled by affections,

For love was a scary affliction,

Anew English ivy grew,

Holding the sturdy oaks in a tight embrace.

Sneakily did the hugs grow,

as your seeds of affections said hello,

Warmer did your embrace weave

its clasp like a quilt held tight whilst

quivering on a snowy winter eve.

Will these embraces get tighter,

as the alloys which meld metals together,

Will they keep us closer,

like venomous snakes in a mating frenzy.

Art 
1.Diego Rivera, The Embrace, 1923, Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
2.Gustav Klimt, Fulfillment (Embrace), 1905, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
3. Pablo Picasso, The Embrace, 1971, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM), Montreal, Canada

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