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Snowfall
if you stand and close / your eyes you might feel / a chilly kiss brush across
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Waterfall
People ask / about the fireworks, / the sparks, the shooting stars.
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The Sled
We prepare to push off, you and I, tightly / bundled against the chilly wind. You stop / to shake snow from your furry-lined shoes
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Compass
I never thought it would be you. / You tossed crumpled maps over your shoulder / waiting for me to unglue my
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Carnival Captive
We stand / staggered in a circle / gold-encrusted poles bolted
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Vulnerability
Sunlight floats across / the water in your eyes / you quickly blink to dry the landscape
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August
jersey sheets cascaded off the / bed but we never felt the cold / beside you like the august sun
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Secondary Fatality
She cannot open the morning / paper without the blackened number / distracting her resistant vision;
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Behind Closed Eyes
Sometimes you talk in your sleep. / A startled shout or / burst
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Awake
your hand lingers warm / when we wake to translucent sky / drinking morning like champagne
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