Monday, July 20, 2026

In Praise of My Bed

 

At last I can be with you!
The grinding hours
since I left your side!
The labor of being fully human,
working my opposable thumb,
talking, and walking upright.
Now I have unclasped
unzipped, stepped out of.
Husked, soft, a be-er only,
I do nothing, but point
my bare feet into your
clean smoothness
feel your quiet strength
the whole length of my body.
I close my eyes, hear myself
moan, so grateful to be held this way.

—Meredith Holmes




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In Praise of My Bed

  At last I can be with you! The grinding hours since I left your side! The labor of being fully human, working my opposable thumb, talking,...