Nude Study
When your body and my body
Lie together under a white sheet
Your head on my arm
Your leg thrown over my leg
The whole long continent of you
The pale ridgeline of your ribcage and hip and thigh
Neighbor to me
There is nothing that needs to be explained
Or accomplished, the world is at rest and complete
And though
We drift apart in the eddies of the day
We will find our way back
To the slight hollows that mark the place
Where we lie now, astonished, saying nothing.
Garrison Keillor
this morning i stumbled upon his journal. he dances a beautiful dance; i found myself enraptured in a thunderous reverie. an oxymoron to be sure, but the silence that fell upon me ached to shout of approval, of admiration, of agreeability, as Miss Austen would say.
"violently in love", wrote Miss Austen. could that be considered to be another oxymoron?
i am reading Pride & Prejudice for the third time, and have rented the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley for the weekend. i do think she makes a rather apt Elizabeth Bennet, not incapable of that vivacious wit and "fine eyes", that so captivated Mr.Darcy.
on a side note, i found both book and film versions of The Jane Austen Book club to be charming. highly recommended for fans and non-fans of Jane Austen. non-fans shall soon be tempted to pick up an Austen and be transported to somewhere slightly delirious and magical.
he is so very beautiful in so many ways. i am listening to his selection of songs as i write this and it couldn't be any more agreeable to the soul.
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