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Heartstarter
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0 posted 2001-06-23 09:36 AM



The bathroom of our rented bungalow
was laid with dark pink Italian tile,
each trimmed with lavender, bordered
all around with alternating squares;
yellow, blue, occasional red,
like arched cathedral mosaics.

It boasted a naked door at the south end,
comprised of rippled glass and clear views.
The sun spilled it's warmth through the
panes, bright and unencumbered until well
past noon; and the tiles would sweat their
sympathy for the summer day.

An ancient tub with balled claw feet
crouched huge and gleaming opposite the
door. It supported a rack of circular brass,
and from it hung a curtain of shiny mesh.
When the afternoon sun gave it face,
it glowed as if gilded.

On the last morning of our rented summer,
I happened past the door, just as she stood
from a bath, wearing water beads like diamonds.
Her body was clouded by steam
that rose in smoky tendrils and curled
around the room like incense at mass.

She raised her arms to part the curtain,
a slender span of sable wings, her head haloed
by dripping ringlets; and when the gilding rays
found the sparkling crown, She became the
Angel Of Annunciation, bearer of Blessed Bliss,
stained glass seraph of my youth.

            


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1 posted 2001-06-23 09:45 AM


This is most certainly a heartstarter....
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2 posted 2001-06-23 10:18 AM


well done. . . a memory well spoken. . .

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Heartstarter
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3 posted 2001-06-23 10:59 AM


Thank you both!!
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