Friday, January 4, 2013

what does a curve weigh?

what does a curve weigh?


i wake up on the edge of the bed
my back turned to you beside me

i ease my foot under the covers
toward you until my sole touches

the curve of your calf sleeping
smooth and warm pressing there


what does a curve weigh?

the curve of your shoulder to neck
the curves of you my Achilles heel


i wake up on the edge of the bed
my back turned to you not there

the curve of the earth beneath me
and somewhere else beneath you

no sole pressed against your calf
smooth and warm in my memory


what does a curve weigh?

when you are not there curve to curve
more than anything i’ve ever carried

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