How to Be
Demure
Let’s not
jump to love
like an
accomplishment
like feeding cats
or scheduling
a Saturday morning
yoga class
or watching
steam rise from
a long warm hush
of pekoe tea.
Let’s collect
love quietly around us
the way rays
of sun lean slowly
through late
April’s late windows
to curl and linger
on the floor
the way air settles
on a desk
when no one
is looking
the way
candles release
their scent—unnoticed
at first,
then all of
a sudden
beautiful.
Hot water streams
like fingers
on our
relaxing showered skin.
We slump against
the walls,
eyes closed, and steady ourselves
for the heat
and pulse of the world.
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