CASUS NOSTER [III]

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and then we went and bathed in the river

to forget such things

until the sun pulled itself

down

and we grinned

then as night fell

we, our on the grass

and without what God called

"shame"

we lie upon each other

taking turns submitting our hows

(i still don't understand

how Lilith would not want

to be covered by your

firm body) before God and

everything else, how they (the

others) became envious

(but there is

no envy

as

envy

is

a sin)

we took command of the land

and of the beasts and birds

and now

for once

for always

our bodies

we command

you command

my body

and my body

obeys

the hushing sounds of the

river and the stiffness

of the ground beneath

makes this such a bed

for two, for thousands

and for everything in

this place

above God can see us

firmly in each others arms

and entangled in each others

thighsandall

i'm certain that he gave us

the moon to light up your skin

while we lie here

so that i can see your face

no matter who is on who

and the stars are candles

to keep our frigid bodies warm

with something other than our

breath and sweat and hips