Of Lips

                           for Jim on his 62nd birthday

We lean.
We bump and bend
time in our mouths making
a moment out of six seconds
of lips.

Shout out to Drs. Don and Jodi Detrick
whose substance from this weekend's
marriage retreat has worked its way
into this poem.

c. Laurel Turner 2/25/2019
Through a Cracked Garden
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