Tag Archives: ocean

Declare You As Constant

If I were to scorn you, it would be blasphemy; the spirit into which I’ve been born again allows nothing but surrender to your holy lips, your fertile, divine tongue. A thousand thousand times I dreamt of your wet mouth … Continue reading

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The Lost Quadrille (will you, won’t you)

Today is the birthday of a dear friend of mine, and as such, this is for her. Happy Once-more-round-the-sun, MisParse, RobotGirl, EvilBeej, RadioFreeTesla, GinaDC. * * * Waves rolled in. The tide had been going out, but wasn’t, anymore. Peter … Continue reading

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Scent and Memory

You smell like vanilla, mixed with lemon and lavender, pennies, and the ocean. Would that I could bottle it, and pour it out on my skin when I’m without you, so I could feel a little less alone.

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See, Monster

When I was a little child, my brother Matt nearly drowned. We had taken a vacation down the shore, and he got caught in a riptide, and was tossed about a bit like a doll in a front loader. We … Continue reading

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