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    « Quiet | Main | Wednesday Morning Sweats »
    Tuesday
    Mar222011

    This Body and Me 

    DateTuesday, March 22, 2011 at 9:59PM
    outside
    streetlights wink up at my window, flickering red,
    green, against the curtains.  I used to pretend
    the city was a Christmas tree
    when I was little
    never realizing the bright glare killed the stars.
    In this light, we’re so perfect together—
    you’re never awake when I’m beautiful.
    you lay so quiet against me
    you never move in your sleep—your peace
    is hypnotic, your heart
    sings my body to sleep

     

    — Holly Day 

    AuthorTom Rubenoff, Senior Editor
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