Snow Monkey, An Eclectic Journal (Volume 5, Issue 3)

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Beach at Maui

by Jeanne Lohmann

we swim in shadow,
skin delicate as peach mist,
cool and essential
as language, languid
and gorgeous as rain

I mean girl, woman, goddess,
we are the roses of wind and water,
come closer, I will tell you
where the moon rises
drunk and enormous in a black sea

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Beach at Maui

by Jeanne Lohmann

we swim in shadow, skin delicate as peach mist, cool and essential as language, languid and gorgeous as rain I mean girl, woman, goddess, we are the roses of wind and water, come closer, I will tell you where the moon rises drunk and enormous in a black sea

we swim in shadow,
skin delicate as peach mist,
cool and essential
as language, languid
and gorgeous as rain

I mean girl, woman, goddess,
we are the roses of wind and water,
come closer, I will tell you
where the moon rises
drunk and enormous in a black sea