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A VALENTINE FOR HANDS

 

names, silence—quietest minutes

(building like rain or returning like seas)

since they have touched me, your warm hands have sown

gentlest sounds, touches and hours

(or, building like rain, turning, like seas)

 

(building like rain, or returning like seas)

ripples and springs—the shiniest rivers—

since they have known me your warm hands have gathered

smallest, most stars—happiest skies—

simplest—touched—sounding—hours

 

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