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| HIS... THE QUALITY OF LOVE |
in the throes of the affair
I was surprised to learn
I could love two women with intensity
at the same time
one with whom I'd spent many years
and one recently met
now
the quality of these loves
is best described by the difference
in my bathroom behavior
toilet procedure
at home
though the room was occupied
(my wife in the tub)
when ya gotta go ya gotta go
so I always went
but in an apartment near Chicago
I would carefully close the door
run the water and turn the fan on
during this time
if a doctor had informed me
I had but six months to live
looking back
I think I would have chosen
the apartment
for the first three months
but I know now
I would have wished to go home
to die with someone who knows
just how full of crap
I really am |
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| HERS... NO FEAR OF FLYING |
There were two of him
Gemini brothers, Siamese twins,
The little bearded man jumped ahead
An oddity, antsy
A see-through man
Papier-mache without the paper
All wired and dancy
The strong quiet man covered his head
Walked with me
Held me to him tightly
I could not see his face
But he kissed me with his tongue
We made love together nightly
We three walk a handmade road
A paved bridge with a hole to fall through
A view seen from a ridge
I had no fear of falling or flying |
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