Tracking the Remembrance of Touch

For a long time




I will be there for you but I am not yours
when day turning     there disappears
in stretch of needs folded
as rarely as your hands
that hold a book
carry a hoe
raise cup
lip

I will claim as my own not your lip
but its brushing   my being there
eyes closed   folded in your arms



I will be there for you
     But I am not yours

When day turning
     there disappears

in stretch of needs folded
     as rarely
     as your hands

that hold a book
     carry a hoe

raise cup
     lip

I will not claim as my own
     your lip

but its brushing
     my being there
     eyes closed
folded in your arms

claims itself
for keeps
for a long time



11/1/92
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Tracking the Remembrance of Touch ©1996 François Lachance