<div class="line">That was the day we made love</div>
<div class="line">in a room without a bed,</div>
<div class="line">a room of tall windows and a rose ceiling,</div>
<div class="line">and then we moved outside</div>
<div class="line">and sat there on a high deck</div>
<div class="line">watching the pelicans dive into the waves</div>
<div class="line">as we drank chilled white wine,</div>
<div class="line">and after a little while</div>
<div class="line">I put a finger in your hair and twirled it,</div>
<div class="line">and you smiled and kept looking at the sea.</div>
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<div class="line">It must have been almost seven</div>
<div class="line">when I found the car keys and kissed you</div>
<div class="line">because you said you would make us</div>
<div class="line">a really interesting dinner</div>
<div class="line">if I picked up some things at the market.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">And the blue sky was still illuminated</div>
<div class="line">as I walked across the parking lot</div>
<div class="line">and through the electric doors,</div>
<div class="line">for the days of the year</div>
<div class="line">were now increasing by the minute,</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">and I will not soon forget how,</div>
<div class="line">after I had filled the basket</div>
<div class="line">with two brook trout,</div>
<div class="line">asparagus, lemons, and parsley,</div>
<div class="line">rum-raisin ice cream, and a watermelon,</div>
<div class="line">the check-out girl—</div>
<div class="line">no more than a junior in high school—</div>
<div class="line">handed me the change</div>
<div class="line">and told me I should have a nice day.</div>


The Night

Underneath a Car on the Highroad Between Abergavenny and Blaenarvon

May Day

<div class="line">Slicing strawberries</div>
<div class="line">this morning, I’m suddenly</div>
<div class="line">slicing strawberries!</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">A twig in its beak,</div>
<div class="line">a bird disappears into</div>
<div class="line">the town’s noon siren.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">One more dead calm day—</div>
<div class="line">I listen to the wind chimes</div>
<div class="line">I smacked with a broom.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
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<div class="line">He may compare you</div>
<div class="line">to the dawn, but I</div>
<div class="line">stayed up all night to watch it.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">In the summer sky</div>
<div class="line">a cloud with its mouth open</div>
<div class="line">eats a smaller cloud.</div>


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