https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/05/leaving-no-one-and-nothing-behind-the-greater-love/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Fri, 11 May 2012 14:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/05/leaving-no-one-and-nothing-behind-the-greater-love/#comment-26823 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:45:20 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=16756#comment-26823 “The stove waits to be washed, the towels wait to be folded, and I tell them all that I need a moment longer with you — you who were not expecting me at all, but this is what happens when you open your garden gate…” Peg, this is beautiful. Thank you.

]]> https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/05/leaving-no-one-and-nothing-behind-the-greater-love/#comment-26805 Sun, 06 May 2012 18:37:41 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=16756#comment-26805 Flat against the pillows, I’m on the verge of drifting into a doze, but your words are tugging penny-thoughts out of the pool of my Percocet-laced lassitude. The urge to hoard love for fear of squandering it rubs against the sandscapes of split-open hourglasses — the shining shown-and-told of generosity returned and amplified. The stove waits to be washed, the towels wait to be folded, and I tell them all that I need a moment longer with you — you who were not expecting me at all, but this is what happens when you open your garden gate: tendrils of garlic catch at my hair — not as insistently as a trap, but still, a momentary clinging, an echo of how we tap the shoulders of strangers we almost recognize.

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