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In the furthest corner of the bookstore
she stands behind him, up on tiptoes,
while he soaks words from poets,
her hands on his back, on his stomach, on his cheeks
while clerks go about their business
And she wonders why thighs that
she has seen naked a thousand times before
never looked half as inviting
as they do now
And she tells him this, with a touch
that only Thoreau and Wilde can see,
listening to his new breath
with a thrill





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