We continue,
Held beyond all surface
Liking it still
And each other
Often surprised:
Like finding garden flowers
No one planted
In summer bloom
It was birds,
You always say
Taking the reward
As reason enough
Or at night
And you asleep
When I come late to bed
Uncertain sometimes:
Will she wake up
Find me unprinced,
A dull green frog
Damp and balding
Stumbling for the light switch.
You never do of course
And that is my surprise––
Finding you always
Full of warmth in the bed
And full of flowers in bloom.
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