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dance the kitchen
water boil
sun rest the window
warm my face

floor feels cool
pasta slither on the plate
tea steam rise, a fragrance

she smiles
warm plate in hand

An artist lives in California.
Stuart Finch sculptures in stone.

Finding the center in each stone
he balances each on each
in a tower of quiet beauty.

Grace lives in California,
touching our cold hearts
shiver to the soul.

regret has a face
cold steel
bloodless

soften this

I recall your
  fragrance
sweet cool
rest in the
  shadows

   resonate

come see this
dream stand
with me above

feel the cloud
go inside an
edge unclear

feel ethereal
walls close
in constrict

reach inside
is unmoving
pull me out

Is that your
face in darkness
entwine me

sit in my warm room
but I am in a desert
we don't know winter