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January 20, 2005
She sleeps safe
She sleeps safe,
On her side, profiled
On the bed, her blue eyes rest,
Her red lips contrasting
The pillow's white, bent
With her thighs up, in
An angle, her arms extended,
In a same line, her fingers
Folded in, inside her holding
Hands, toward the soft flesh of
Her belly, as the tips of her fingers
Nest against her palm, kept warm safe,
Wearing her extremities like a shield,
keeping the outside away, covered
In flanel pyjamas, thick wollen socks,
While she dreams of sun flowers in yellow,
The glassy red seeds of coral trees, in Kenya,
And her green Africa
Posted by Idinraha at January 20, 2005 03:06 PM