Ravenously
It was the startling with you
from the nascent look
and unspoken electricity
a leaping across
an unexpected grabbing
of me at my center
a caught unawareness
a swept away
where the instant
stretched for an eon
from handshake to hello
a weakening in the body
a trembling in the knees
in the most vulnerable parts
of the soul;
a shuddering
in parts below
a cry from long nights
laments
and longings
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Peace Dies From Bullet Wounds
The warrior killed;
pulled the trigger
dropped the bomb
and when asked why
he said
'it's my job.'
The militant fighter
planted the bomb
and when asked why
she said
'it is my beliefs
my values
I am committed
and therefore
am doomed to kill
and die.
The politician
sought the war
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A Seduction: Come Out to Dance
It was the dancing,
the dizzying
which carried me
your hand in the small of my
back
lifting me,
floating me
gravity defying;
Your breath in my ear
causes waterfalls
to splash down
to my Sexual Ocean
which rises sending
wave after wave to inhabit
my entire body rolling.
My nipples
press against
your swollen chest,
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A Seduction: The Corner I
I saw you in my corner eye
your hands so large
your arms
bare;
I moved diagonally
where I came into your view
but not
obviously
but close enough
for you to have your look.
And you did look
and fixed me
in your green-eyed gaze
colors which changed
upon your approach.
I turned
to feign
not noticing you.
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Whisperings
Come closer
and whisper to me
from deep within.
I listen because your soul
speaks to me in quiet
pillow breaths;
its soft tones
are decibels
to my open heart beating.
Come close as I anticipate
ecstasies quietly rendered;
Yours and Mine.
Soft tones meditate
and separate
True-ness from background noise.
Come close because
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Addiction
If I am taffy
pull me,
stretch me.
If I am honey
taste me.
Take me for Chocolate
and savor me.
I see You
like ice cream
in summer.
I feel you
like an open window
blowing
summer breezes
into the bedroom.
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Cleaning House
I have this relationship
with cleaning my house
meticulously
everyday;
work
that is never done.
I have this relationship
with cleaning my house
which is poorly
understood.
All around seem oblivious
to the work
involved
in this home environment
and like despoilers-
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Autumn's Surcease
I gave you hurtings
so that you might feel
Winter in your Soul.
I sometimes placed upon your heart
virgin olive oil
to succor it.
I piled high
in your eyes
Love and its Laments
as your cool wind
blew
down the Solstice.
I carried your
leaden comments
to the cemetery
where I buried them
with the other
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Our World
The humming bird stood still
and raised it's wings waiting.
I drew my breath
and gave a gentle breeze
and it flew away.
A ripple from a dropped leaf
lands gently on the pond
and wavy sweet
rows flow
making tiny circles
to the center of the pond.
I touch a single rose
and it purrs.
.
I draw my breath
and exhale
deep into your lungs;
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Cello
There was music
around her;
notes playing
in the silver air;
she exhales
close to my
upturned face.
Her shape,
a fine
brown cello,
her low voice
singing
each word-note
coming
in a whispering moan.
My bow string
draws out her chords
harmonizing,
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