the everyday, 2006

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the everyday

for dinner, we'll have

sex. oh wait, that's after.

i'm sorry, i'm screwed

up, just wanting the body

to know the body

again.

we'll have a picnic

by the river with night

vision & talks of water. 

no need for wine.

all blankets.

we'll read books, take walks,

make lists & cross

things out. we'll plant gardens

and disagree.

we'll bake cookies, sing

songs, cut our hair, let it

out, count blessings. we'll

pick up shells & put them

back, take off our shoes

and take off our clothes.

it's in the ordinary

of this living:

be active, sit silently.

we are alive.

we grieve our losses.

finding the genuine & the simple

satisfaction of reaching out,

holding near. again.

and amen.

1.29.06