A lovely intimacy

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 At night, my wife and I sit on the couch,
 enchanted by the improvisations of a jazz guitar.
 I rest my head on her chest and listen
 to the flutter of her heart.
 I breathe in the kindness of nostalgia 
and exhale a cleansing breath, 
a calm acceptance of loss.
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Theodore McDowell
Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Nov 12, 2024
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A lovely intimacy
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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