Past Exhaustion

Remember when

Summers before then

Stood before a crowd of strangers

Read a short story and heard applause

Afterward

Standing on a street corner

Unlocking a bicycle

Feeling the chains release and suddenly

A real moment became fleeting

Now the work will become harder

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Remember when

An encounter didn’t mean effort

Intertwined and searching lips

Became roadmaps of passion shared

Afterward

The exhaustion created smiles

Arms caressing each other’s naked skin

Searching each other’s satin breeze

Lips tasting the underside of love

Travel with purpose, hands, fingertips

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Remember when

That memory seemed like yesterday

When now we wonder abut the past

Whether it occurred or still remains in motion

Afterward

No questions seemed so relevant

Each femininity caressing reality

A soft kiss, arms tease naked shoulders

Relevant tongue twirls toward

A consummate desire – reality speaks

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Remember when we would listen to songs

That told us that somehow we all still belong