Why Tarina Was Not Embraced At Stonehenge

	for the Corbinton vampires


watching television
your toes are
three inches from where
i am
stretched out on the carpet
a magazine before me 
but my eyes 
are not 
on the page

talking later 
balanced
on the arm
of the sofa
your hip is
against my shoulder
my hair is
against your wrist

we should be talking
of other things
but you are speaking
to me
and it does not
seem strange
to hear you say
i love you.


July 1, 1996
© Lela Kaunitz