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i.
i found myself transported
to another place in time,
a new year's eve journey
eastward.  there we were:

an afternoon to ourselves.
among other things, we
enjoyed a few drinks at
the bar and went for a dip
in the swimming pool. so
relaxing, so enticing--

exactly what we needed,
even we didn't entirely
know it, then.

ii.
(when you kiss me
like that, i swear
the universe blooms
and unfolds within
my very being;

it lingers for hours.)