Love doesn’t say much
days roll
evenings patient with us.
We are vulnerable
that is enough.
I heat half the bbq
salad and cheese and hot tea
the cold is held back
early summer, new air
we breathe.
Give me only this.
Never strip
this stillness
for as long as we sit
I dance
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