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Give Me Your Arm

August 25, 2009

Give me your arm
under my cheek
above my heart
below waves of shimmering heat
and memories
summer popsicles
screaming babies
broken cars
dusty feet
ruined lists of things to do,checked off or forgotten
beside a round dish of wishes and water
left like an offering
for the past, behind us,hungry, lingering, leaving
and the cat, soft and curious,demanding breakfast
I will give you my cheek
soft against a hard [...]

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The Invitation

August 18, 2009

We were broken fruit,
windfalls full of seeds,
beginning at the end:
one hundred years of living
circling between us.
Our hearts were dry as
well-kept wheat.
Today we are Spring frogs,
round and wet with song:
come home, come home, come home.

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Holding You

August 4, 2009

Holding you
here
now
around you, beside you
always
never
too far or too close
wanting
urgently
yielding to impulse
like tectonic plates bumping unseen
changing the shape
of my island

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Sex Before the Mammogram

July 28, 2009

I have a lump, I said, not sure if
the world is ending
or if this is a brave new wave
He was kind and encouraging, which I appreciated, but
no kindness quite hits the spot
like fear can
Bravery can
Bravery can
I tried to face the tiger
faced the tiger
had Wise Thoughts
blanched, because
none of this makes sense the way hips and hands [...]

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Real Love Triumphs

December 7, 2008

It’s taken me a lifetime to understand the difference between honest love and fake love. Books, poetry, art and movies are all produced with the idea of telling the story of love. The one constant truth is that real love can not be manipulated or controlled. That’s how I know when it’s real.
Real love [...]

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