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Her eyelids unfold slowly,
night shutters open.
Her horizon begins to fill, takes in
The brown curves of his neck,
shoulder, bicep. His back
stretches long against her.
 
Warm pulses of heat
worm through her.
Blood fizzles.
He is not yet awake.
Soft in his sleepy state.
She knows one word, one move, one touch
will spring him alert.
Old habits. Army habits.
 
She lies, still and silent.
Breathing, quiet as a sleeping cat.
Breathing him. In and out.
Holding him. Onto and into.
 
So much to say.
So little need.
She lies, still and silent.
Wordless.

(2014)

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