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35 tWo​bodies Two​bodies,​balanced​in​mass​and​power, move​in​a​bed​through​the​dark, under​the​earliest​human​hour. A​night​rocks,​like​an​ark. They​reach​through​the​ceilings​of​the​night, tall​as​animals. Through​their​valleys​bends​the​light of​their​fertile​hills. Two​bodies​breathe​their​close​hellos through​interlocking​pores, while​that​hush​of​beating​slows, held,​with​many​oars, heart​over​heart,​leg​over​leg, trading​still​breath,​until, heart​over​heart,​and​seed​into​egg, night​holds​two​bodies​still. ...

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