2.18.2023

the disturbed calmness of your face In repose

After I've made it stumbling through the day 
And liquid light surrounds the windowsill, 
After paper buds have furled their wrinkled way 
And, tired, I've relaxed my will, 
I think of you and of your warm embrace 
And recall the disturbed calmness of your face 
In repose. And all the sorrow I've contained 
This brilliant Tuesday in this lonely place 
Vanishes. It topples down the hours strained 
Till memory leaves another trace: 
The time you smiled and covered me with kisses 
And clicked your teeth to mine in a brisk toast 
And I think, at least I have that clinking ghost. 
 
[Susan Minot {1956- } 'The Toast', from Poems 4 A.M.]

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