Thursday, 27 April 2023

Day 27 - Book

We learn each other's hand 
in the margins of books kept hidden 
in plain sight. I know your 
cursive better than the 
curve of your lip. I think about 
how it would be to write ourselves 
into each other's worlds and, 
perhaps, get to trace the line of 
brow. The crook of your elbow. 
The apex of your jaw.

Learning to read the verse 
from your skin; a story kept 
for yourself until, here, we let 
it breathe. 

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