Five Days
 
  sitting tensely timorously
  side by side
  feigning the act of
  admiring
  art
  arbus and andrews
  while admiring one another
  tenaciously testing
  temperatures and depths
  of love
 
  later
  lying serene satisfied
  side by side
  listening watching
  words form upon
  then fall from your lips
  to my ears
  wading love lapping
  at my ankles
  splashing at my knees
 
  walking silently speaking
  side by side
  oak sycamore maple cedar pine
  pining for caverns
  eyes thoughts traveling
  the same paths
  swimming love caresses
  my weightless heart
 
  once more
  sitting downcast desperate
  side by side
  passing dark corners
  excited elated risqué
  last call
  drowning in the depths
  of love
 
                          April 1997