BEHOLD .. A RELATIONSHIP


Suddenly I can see it:
...the gradual ease.
   I no longer know how many times  
  Afternoons blur into afternoons,  
...evenings into evenings.
Almost everyone guesses~
those who don't never will.
Tha alarms have stopped
except in my skin.
Tigers in a closet
We learn gentleness.
Our small habits together
are strange as crows tears
and as easy as sofas.
Sometimes...sometimes
I can ask for what I want:
I have have begun to trust you.

by Marge Piercy



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