To Joseph,
whose eyes were the color of the sky on October 26, 1991

Spell cast, we evoked the beast with two backs
in the hollow of an abandoned pool
in the hills, in the daylight, in the cool
dappling rain as you rocked me in your lap
time slowed and then it stopped entirely
and all sound became fire engines wailing
into the vortex spinning and spilling
we danced in a velvet infinity
violet light irradiating we kissed
all roads leading home eventually
becoming the world weeping joyously
gently enfolding ourselves into bliss
melting and swirling the safe and the warm
I've heard it said that the third times a charm.

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