Simply



Can you and I always be touching?
I mean even times when we're
Buried in the couch and
Reading separate books, totally engrossed.
Can we remain yet in contact
Somehow, like our legs slowly rubbing
Up against one another's
And our toes can be touching?

And when we sit and smile someday
In green vinyl lawn chairs
At the beach, wearing UV-blocking sunglasses,
Deaf to the monotonous ocean crashing.
Our hands, you know, might start digging
Through the sand and tunnel together,
One last give and we'll break through.
We could be touching, then
Keep your hand there, OK?

No thought makes me happier
Than sandy fingers clasping in the cool damp.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXXAXA BXXAACXXB CX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 624
Words 112
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 9, 2

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