What the Osprey Sees

     The stronger you are
    the more I step
    towards you;
    you take one step closer,
    and I take two.

When I see
that nothing stands
between us,
no matter what,
I shift out
of my clothes
and walk nakedly
towards you.

    I write how I please
    and it pleases you,
    and then I know
   I want to write more.

More and more,
to open the door,
to shift my whole weight
to lay it all straight
and this is the thought
sure shifting exposures
and then dominate

    one hand on your knee
    the look in your eye
    our lips holding close
    my hand on your thigh

what I have said
in the patterns
of words
holds true
for the moment,
the now
of all birds.

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