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Kenneth Rexroth - Quietly
Identifier
004751
Type of Spiritual Experience
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“Quietly”
Adapted from Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
Lying here, quietly, beside you
My cheek against your firm, quiet thighs.
The music of Leonard Cohen
Washing over us in the quiet.
As the sun leaves the housetops and goes
Down over the city, quiet.
So quiet the sun moves beyond us.
So quiet our bodies,
Worn with the high and the low of love
Lie still.
Our brains bewildered, quiet, dormant
Our hearts, slow, quiet
Reliable in their interlocked rhythms
The pulse in your thigh caressing my cheek
Quiet