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her legs
came up and
to the edge of the bed
where she said
placing her finger under her lip
and i
watched an ancient string of lights
move time across the sheets
years old
that just last night
lit a vinyl window
and a hardwood hotel room
aglow
between neon
under sheets
of skin
we
us
iy
ou
me
became the ceiling so pretty
of an unred morning
in the hours after evening
that sleep on days
we traced and retraced the lines
with our fingers
and our tongues
numbering the pages
which you called dusk
and i called dawn
.silhouettes
and then the words
hush
and the
holy spirit
came climbing
high & heard
out
of
you
or
me
it was hard to say
(i was barely there)
but
there us was and
we
gently streamed
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