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MOMENT by TOONI GORDI

First Line: FULL-CUPPED A THOUSAND BEATS
Last Line: KISSING HER THROAT.
Subject(s): KISSES; LIPS;
Full-cupped a thousand beats
lay roundly pounding in his palms;
their lips four flames a-sting
with bee-stung frailty they clung . . .
their flesh lay singing
as the bamboo bended-humming trembles.
she of the she-est sank into a wilderness
while he of the heat sang: "Peace, O beautiful,"
kissing her throat.



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