pjthompson: (Default)
[personal profile] pjthompson
O Best of All Nights, Return and Return Again

How she let her long hair down over her shoulders, making a love
  cave around her face. Return and return again.
How when the lamplight was lowered she pressed against him,
  twining her fingers in his. Return and return again.
How their legs swam together like dolphins and their toes played
  like little tunnies. Return and return again.
How she sat beside him cross-legged, telling him stories of her
  childhood. Return and return again.
How she closed her eyes when his were open, how they breathed
  together, breathing each other. Return and return again.
How they fell into slumber, their bodies curled together like
  two spoons. Return and return again.
How they went together to Otherwhere, the fairest land they had
  ever seen. Return and return again.
O best of all nights, return and return again.

(After the Pervigilium Veneris and Propertius's "Nox Mihi Candia")

—James Laughlin

Profile

pjthompson: (Default)
pjthompson

July 2025

S M T W T F S
   12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  

Most Popular Tags

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 17th, 2025 06:31 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios