Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Quietly


Lying here quietly beside you,
My cheek against your firm, quiet thighs,

The calm music of Boccherini

Washing over us in the quiet,

As the sun leaves the housetops and goes

Out over the Pacific, quiet-

So quiet the sun moves beyond us,

So quiet as the sun always goes,
So quiet, our bodies, worn with the

Times and the penances of love, our

Brains curled, quiet in their shells, dormant,

Our hearts slow, quiet, reliable

In their interlocked rhythms, the pulse

In your thigh caressing my cheek. Quiet.


By Kenneth Rexroth



Berceuse by Boccherini on Grooveshark

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