The crown of your head silver and white, I glimpsed as you lay next to me. My mother had insisted I ‘do’ her hair, the strands straw-like at times just like yours. Now my partner of almost 20 years; this aged aspect not quite expected but, alas, true. We tease. call it OA (old age) […]
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This is our third visit and Lake Tahoe, you are still here. You glow like glass reflecting cobalt blue, aquamarine, vermillion seen like nowhere else. You are comfort, like a smooth skin, skimming over my body, washing away the powerlessness of realities one cannot face. I’m grateful I can surrender to you. Breezes bounce off
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Our halter tops reveal breasts peeking after a drawn out winter A hundred degrees incites groans in spite of the earlier drought of sunlight You move past me, ducking back to touch, even with the stickiness Our tuna salad at the campsite reminds us of Cape Cod lobster We ran on the burning sand there
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