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On Marriage
April 17, 2020
Collection of Poems B
Sometimes the gap is so wide
I think in terms of
The Grand Canyon
where the deep,
bottomless distances
are wide from side to side.
Sometimes we are of one skin
and one frame.
My blood runs in your veins
and your blood runs in mine.
The tide comes in
and the tide goes out.
Yes, the pulse of life is
both low and high,
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