We lie late in your bed, once our bed. 

by Sue Churchill

You rest your hand 
anywhere on my body, 
shoulder, breast, 
ribs, thigh,
fingers neither
asking nor telling,
tracing surely 
an invisible path
winding, worn,
the way sheep
will to shade.
We won’t be hurried, 
wherever it is 
we must go.


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