Whisperings
This early afternoon, you flew away from me.
Tonight, sitting in this pre-Christmas-giddy restaurant,
I realize that your trip to California
Has already created a vacuum vaster than I'd anticipated.
I listen to my voice whispering,
As if for the first time,
"Miss Glatzer, may I have the pleasure of your pleasure?";
"If I've not missed my guess,
You, precious Linda, are the rest of my life";
"I'm not going to miss you when I miss you."
These endearments, echoing in my reveries,
Heighten my longing for your nearness, fingertips, lips.
I hear my heart whispering, for the first time,
"You're more important to me than I am to myself."
12/10/10
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