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DECEMBER 14, 2011 3:13PM

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Weegee the Famous (Arthur Fellig), width=

At kissing distance

we love attentive eyes

the fold on the jaw near the ear

the slope of a shoulder

the velvet feel of a cheek

we love as if breath and skin and beat

are one

age and color and plumbing

disappointment and grief and raw feeling

all that is wrong and worn and weary in us

flutters to nothing

we quicken

at kissing distance

~|~

^{Weegee the Famous (Arthur Fellig), "Movie Ecstasy - The Kiss," 1943}

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Sublime....as the wonder of soft glances, looking into the eyes of your beloved...those sacred wells....

Gary Justis

December 14, 2011 03:18 PM

ahhh yes Greg so nice and so true r.

Jonathan Wolfman

December 14, 2011 03:27 PM

Ah, the work of the incomparable Weejee. And a nice piece of writing to go with it.

Boanerges1

December 14, 2011 03:31 PM

And that last hesitant, exhilarating moment before going in for the kiss.

I gotta go find my wife.

Stim

December 14, 2011 03:36 PM

What a unique picture! Good poem too!

SheilaTGTG55

December 14, 2011 03:47 PM

I love the word quicken for all of its myriad meanings.

fingerlakeswanderer

December 14, 2011 04:13 PM

there are two kisses in "we quicken". try it, whisper it

Greg Correll

December 14, 2011 04:17 PM

dos besos...the one at the beginning and the one at the end...

catch-22

December 14, 2011 04:43 PM

Oh yes! Loved it.r

hugs, me

December 14, 2011 04:44 PM

Beautiful. I know those sensations well.

LeslieCA

December 14, 2011 05:08 PM

Oh, yes!

Matt Paust

December 14, 2011 06:18 PM

Greg,

What lovely poetry!

XOXOXO

Diary of a Hopeful Starving Student

December 14, 2011 07:05 PM

if you're as old as mr. forte and i, it's nice that things you're very close to are a little out of focus. snogging, as the brits say. top of the list.

femme forte

December 14, 2011 07:18 PM

well wrought

Con Chapman

December 14, 2011 08:57 PM

"raw feeling..." yes! "Disappointment and grief" be gone!

Call the plumber!

And pucker up!

Cathy GF

December 14, 2011 10:00 PM

Wow...I Love this...

MichelleD

December 14, 2011 10:03 PM

Beautiful...You know tulips are better than one!

Algis Kemezys

December 15, 2011 08:02 AM

You caught the feeling beautifully!

I Love Life

December 15, 2011 08:57 AM

beautiful

yalebno

December 15, 2011 12:21 PM

Nice.

tai

December 16, 2011 07:54 PM

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