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lma.ge #5

Sliding gliding ex-virgin;
sixteenth seas an Child/lover
in Catholic hip-huggers,
am I your lover or your father?

Daddy died three years ago
(pneumonia drying out).
We walk the woods where
he took you on weekends as a child,
you noting the changes,
and I listerning in·p8.ternal concern,
my arm around your shoulder
and rrr::f hand on your breast.

One last sliding glide in the mountain leaves,
one last gentle time
and then vanish into the reality
of years.

Sliding gliding chIld,
Sixteenth season lover
in Catholic sweat and oil,
was I your father or your lover?

D. w. Schank