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A Lonely Man and an Unlonely Woman
by Duane Locke
I asked her, "Do you know the color of the sky?"
"Yes," she said, "It is the same color
as the blue of my veins on top my slender and delicate hands."
I looked at the blue of the veins on top of her hands.
It was a different blue from the blue of the sky,
But what could I say.
I became nervous, asked her,
"Do you know the color of coral in caves under gulf water?"
"Yes, the coral is the same color as my lips."
I looked at her lips.
What could I say.
Duane Locke, PhD in Renaissance literature, lives in Tampa, Florida. He has published over 2,000 poems in over 500 print magazines such as
APR, Nation, Literary Review, Black Moon, and Bitter Oleander. He has written 14 books, the latest one being a book of poems, Watching
Wisteria (Small Press Distributors).
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