Bermuda

an idle sandal, turned crooked on its side
reminds me of Bermuda -the color of sand
and it still gets a little pale
to recall the sound of your name:
almost a touch across the shore and 
always, the fever of your glance-
but this is only Sarasota,
at the bottom of an emptied closet.

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© Denise Angela Celeste, 1997.