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Touched

A glass of wine, Rhine, you said.
Bright eyes flitting here and there but
Finding an oasis in mine.
They stopped and looked more deeply, then
You touched me and waited to be touched.

The clamor wrapped us like a blanket.
I smiled. (At times noise can be a friend.)
Linen, silver and Henry brought dinner.
We talked of Ardrey, Leaky and Eisley,
Acquiesced our boundaries and turned
Our separate spaces into one we shared
For a moment.

You wanted to walk and drink in the cool
November night. We shared my coat.
Arm and arm like a caped apparition
We laughed along the street clinging to the moment
And looking for a place to embrace.

Dance? I asked, and then, like an island in the stream
We were one note in the middle of madness.

Morning found me alone, fondling a tiny golden ear ring.
I stared into it's brightness and recalled the fire from embers

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