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To Will
On our first date we walked around a graveyard (Her idea.)
Engaged in underground conversation.
She was smart, wise, and beautiful.
Is that enough of a description?
I certainly wondered how I had captivated her.
And I definitely felt the fear, at first.
(There are just some things that you just must do.)
She said that she was built like a Campbells Soup can.
She always did say: Why settle when you can select.
I picked her up in my arms, to test the theory.
(She did have a compact body mass ratio.)
But we laughed together in our cove of darkness.
As she was about to leave, I pulled her close to me.
After a brief moment I felt her heart pulsating.
A pulsating magnetism connected her to I or I to her.
And I kissed her.
I had been a ghost for some time (why she chose the locale.)
I was reborn.
Our second date we went to her house to watch a movie.
(The movie: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring again.)
I had a bottle of liquor in my hand.
I had not cried in so long I could not remember.
And in the Sisyphusian vision I began to psuedo-cry.
That is, cry without tears.
This became a convulsive embarrassment
of neither laughter nor crying.
(Which seemed to last the entirety of the movie.)
I don’t know why she talked to me after that.
But she did.
She even seemed to enjoy holding my hand.
(And I very much liked the sight and feel of that.)
Published 28th May 2021
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28th May 2021 7:57am
28th May 2021 9:10am
Thank you LJ.
(I just did a recording out in the wind and rain drenched Earth... Twas interesting... :)
(I just did a recording out in the wind and rain drenched Earth... Twas interesting... :)
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- Edited 28th May 2021 9:37am
28th May 2021 9:34am
Just wonderfully crafted, dear poet. Your storytelling is some of the best that I've read here in DU, in awhile. I was completely engaged.... loved your asides.... I giggled and found them charming, adding depth and warmth....this piece left me feeling nostalgic... hitting home among my own memories..... resonating, indeed.
I hope to hear your recoding!
Fantastically penned, Cipher
Ty for sharing
🌹-💙
I hope to hear your recoding!
Fantastically penned, Cipher
Ty for sharing
🌹-💙
29th May 2021 8:11am
That is a very cool comment and you have single handedly pulled me from an abyss of self loathing and mortification.
:)
:)
28th May 2021 3:56pm
What an interesting perspective, ZS. You're present and yet detached; a participant and an observer all at once. This was remarkable in its weave.
29th May 2021 8:15am
That is astute and grand in its eloquence and aptitude, if I may say so...
... I have been thinking about the word: weave.
Much love.
Ahavati
... I have been thinking about the word: weave.
Much love.
Ahavati
29th May 2021 1:57am
There are many ways to cry, some are easily recognizable, and others are not. Very powerful writing about connection and release, for me.
29th May 2021 8:16am
Sen
Many thanks for that very profound and insightful comment. So very true. So very true.
Many thanks for that very profound and insightful comment. So very true. So very true.
