Dear After Darkness
by Sylvia Jones

I’ve been flagrant. Not Brave.

“Steeplechased” after many a Sunday.

But if you need pussy.

I got you.

 

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Flagrant (adjective):
1.) Shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring.
2.) Notorious; scandalous.

Steeplechased (verb):
1.) To ride or run in a steeplechase.

Steeplechase (noun):
1.) A horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges,and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
2.) A point-to-point race.
3.) a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear.