Paul Meier reading
Beneath a Flirtation
by Alan Harris
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A trembling in your hand as you speak with it tells me a story far deeper than the message in your voice. Your eyes glance to the side then bounce back to our center, penetrating my defenses with a direct melt. Clever words dance about your acrobatic tongue, and we laugh at their ballet when the sentence ends. Where is your soul hiding inside this communication? What messages are you sublimating into my inner ear? I'm hearing a cry for help and love from deep inside your lilting voice. I would offer to rescue you, but I'm nowhere safe myself. Let us just enjoy our fan dance of foxy phrases and fencing eyes, of flashing hands and smiles, of gambling give and tricky take. Quickly as our conversation may cavort and twist and frolic, its loving undermeaning remains calm as Mona Lisa's smile. |
From the book Inward in Words (1990)
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