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    Topography

    Topography
    ~Sharon Olds

    After we flew across the country,
    we got in bed,
    laid our bodies delicately together,
    like maps laid face to face, East to West,
    my San Francisco against your New York,
    your Fire Island against my Sonoma,
    my New Orleans deep in your Texas,
    your Idaho bright on my Great Lakes,
    my Kansas burning against your Kansas,
    your Kansas burning against my Kansas,
    your Eastern Standard Time pressing into my Pacific Time,
    my Mountain Time beating against your Central Time,
    your sun rising swiftly from the right,
    my sun rising swiftly from the left,
    your moon rising slowly from the left,
    my moon rising slowly from the right
    until all four bodies of the sky burn above us,
    sealing us together,
    all our cities’ twin cities,
    all our states united,
    one nation,
    indivisible,
    with liberty
    and justice
    for all.

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"...he’s gotta be sure and he's gotta be strong
and
he's gotta be
larger than life..."
~
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