(Who asked: “What
does the beating of the heart and the taste of salt have in common?”)
One
you feel both in the tremble beside the trachea,
where the carotid and the swallow-muscles clutch.
Two
Blood, they have
blood in common,
the taste of
tarnished copper in the mouth.
Three
They have grief in common,
the skin of the world's drum:
I wonder you would
be asking this late in the day.
5 comments:
Beautiful, Dale.
thanks so much, Dick!
I love the asker and the answerer, poet souls Livia and Dale. The answer is beautiful. So is the question.
yes, I didn't feel I was doing more than unfolding the question a little.
love.
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