SOME THINGS THAT BOND THE TWO OF US
by Robert K. Johnson
(for my sister)
—the joy that spills through our bodies
when we see spring-widening buds,
our willingness to become
absorbed in the conjured worlds
in films and plays, our contempt
for get-rich politicians—
are things that also bring
other people together.
What bonds you and me
even more tightly is
seven days a week
of every year, our lives
dangle somewhere stripped
of everything but feelings
intense as crackling flames.
Copyright © 2011 by Robert K. Johnson.
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