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Dappled Freckles

You sit and count my freckles.
As we lay in dream-filled daze,
in dappled shade,
beneath a leafy bough.
An infinite task in the midst of summer!
But one, you are insistent of completing.
Through squinting eyes I admire your face.
Such pale complexion;
soft as summer’s cloud above.
Eyebrows frowning over your deep-jade eyes.
Glazed over with concentration.
Reflecting the sun as it shines on our skin,
burning in mottled patterns.
I feel the tickle of your ebony hair,
brushing past my blushing cheek;
I love the way the summer makes it sheen
(and almost turns it auburn at the ends)
like mine.
Now I sit alone in summer’s burning sun.
Not knowing
the ever growing
total number of my freckles…

(2007)

Dedicated to Cassie. Still missing you like crazy.

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