Flourish

three love poems for Diane

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Photo by Denis Sebastian Tamas on Unsplash

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Constant Heart

The sheets, your scent,
your brown skin against
mine, we've made
love hundreds of times,
shuddering amid
the domestic clutter,
so familiar and tender,
we know exactly how
to turn this marital bed
into disheveled splendor



 Journey

Hello, wife, hello,
my beautiful pilot,
I'll fall asleep
in the passenger seat
while you switch off
the radio and drive
in the silence
that you find divine




Flourish

After three decades,
I still want this:
the kiss wet with all
the joy and pain
and glorious history
that lips and teeth
and tongue contain.

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