together
we feel a warm
aloneness-togetherness
and all that
connects us
to the real world
is a single telephone wire
---
i enjoy your beard
when its bristles
brush my face
i feel as if
i am the only one
in the whole wide world
who's ever felt
your bristly kiss.
a precious honor
you bestow on me
---
you smile when you kiss me
i like your smile
and what it says to me
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