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The following poem was written by Mr. Edwards after reading John Jennings' story Moab, Utah which appears in this issue. Mr. Edwards and Mr. Jennings began discussing this work as members of the Writer's Voice in Fairfield, CT. --jsg

Story
By Gordon Edwards

He tells
me of the story
he has in mind:
a photographer
and a beautiful
woman,
taking pictures
for her lover.
It is the longing
in her eyes
that catches him
short
as a shutter-click

He sees
the open portal
in her eyes
the depth
of an ache
that is an
artesian well--
all her being
comes through
this glass
ampulla
and he is
taken.

Peering
into the tray
he sees
the image form
as the ripples
run to glaze:
his own eyes
bobbing in this
inner pool,
looking back,
blinking.