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TO ASK FOR LOVE
Poems
Harry E. Northup
To Ask for Love
The orange trees are 20 feet away
It’s the last day of April
In two days my wife would have been 82
It’s been 10 months since she died
Her body was orange blossom scent
Her poetry waterfall & baseball
Our mouths spoke bodies
Violets & earrings
Baths I helped her into
Roses & chrysanthemums
In the night of darkness
She found me
Up the stairs to a large bathroom
A burgundy sofa
Beads to the bedroom
Our bodies naked in the afternoon
She brought slices of cheese
Thick ones of bread, white wine
To lie naked in the breeze
Our bodies never ended meeting
We sang in a quiet home
No one touched our walls
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