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          We Danced Almost Naked in the Rain
          By Bonnie Enes

          A summer day
          we baked in the sun
          leisurely swam
          the lake
          a storm broke
          covered with pine needles
          we laughed and danced in the downpour
          till washed clean
          then on to the restaurant
          hurried in wearing bathing suits
          changed in the bathroom
          I almost bought your joyfulness.

          Almost bought your passion
          those steaming nights
          at my place on the river
          humidity like a rain forest
          we slid off each other
          through August summer nights.

          Almost bought your patience
          when camping with Fred Cat
          we sat up late by the campfire
          till he returned
          from a day of hunting
          laid his present at our bare feet.

          Almost bought your humor
          after Fred Cat
          left dusty paw prints on all the cars
          we went to town
          bought Grocho Marx plastic glasses
          wore them back
          to the campground
          so no one would recognize us.

          Storm clouds brewed on our horizon
          your mother
          upstairs
          keeping company with her pastel walls
          your father
          in the cellar
          humming things out of wood
          vile complaints
          spat against each other
          treaded up and down the cellar stairs.

          While camping, you tried to give up smoking
          one morning
          you forgot to wear the patch
          danced around the car
          violently
          demolished the bee
          who frantically scrambled up the windshield
          while I frantically tried to save him
          before
          I was almost sold.


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