Elyse I

in the kitchen 
is where I love 
to touch you most 

as you stir the sauce
and murmur 
I’m a body again 

later, the dishes 
are patient in the sink 

panties and leggings
on the floor glowing 
in the oven light 

down the hall 
two protoplasms 
sense and conduct 
the language of reverie

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