Awakened by weeping icicles
Lori felt the unevenness
of her holy body.
She read cover to cover
the Bible, Torah and Quran
in search of her name
but found it untouched
by their many verses
and living parables.
She chose not to see
this absence
as a barricade.
Unblocked by script and tradition
she examined
her every longing.
Especially rhythms
edible or audible
or snowy when the pipes froze.
Kiss me.
She thought of god
bending down from heaven
to place lips
to her forehead
to sooth unnamed sadness.
Kiss me.
She thought of the man
down the street
with good manners
who harvested winds for melodies
pushed through his clarinet.
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