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The woman I am in my dreams
is
taller than I am
and sees the world as she walks
unlike me with eyes on
every step
with eyes ever and always on the ground
that woman walks
only when
she feels like not running
not jogging the woman I am in my
dreams
lifts one leg effortlessly over the other
crosses them
high
up on the knee |
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the hip
the
thigh |
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ankle like I do. |
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The woman I am
in my dreams
breaks all the rules about shoes
wears them high and red
with killer spike heels |
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moves from Nikes to spikes
and the kind of pumps
that go with a dress
and having your hair
done |
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the woman I am
in my dreams
her legs are straight and sure
they don't fly out from
under her
they don't hide under long skirts
her legs and feet are well
they speak for her in footsteps on the road
they laugh at hills and
at rolling, unforgiving gravel
they dialogue with ice and snow
and
they always win that argument |
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| the woman I am
in my dreams I wake up and carry part of her with me everywhere. |
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- Maxine
Tynes |