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10-Bundling

Bundling

How one goes sparking:

night clothes, repose,

fabric sack

in the sweetness

of dark, early-to-bed

husbandry of firewood,

drawstring that closes

the bag the girl

is wrapped in.

Her parents tucked

them in. She lies awake,

listens to his breathing.

Scarcely a word

exchanged, but

conversation is in

the touch. There’s

temptation in the cold,

and that centerboard

which parts them,

unyielding plank.

Susana H. Case

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