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To: Neenny who wrote (7342)4/26/2001 6:15:32 PM
From: HG  Respond to of 13020
 
We used to strike sparks
off each other
Our eyes would meet
or our hands,
& the blue lightening of love
would sear the air.

Now we are soft.
We loll
in the same sleepy bed,
skin of my skin,
hair of my head,
sweat of my sweat-
you are kin,
brother and mother
all in one,
husband, lover, muse and comforter;
I love you even better
without sparks.

We are pebbles in the tide
rolling against each other.
The surf crashes above us;
the irregular pulse
of the ocean drives our blood,
but we are growing smooth
against each other.

Are we living happily ever after ?
What will happen
to my love of cataclysms ?
My love of sparks and fire,
my love of ice ?

Fellow pebble,
let us roll
against each other.
Perhaps the sparks are clearer
under water.

- Erica Jong <Living Happily Ever After>