Like gloved hands
at the summer cotillion
so were the petals of the sun
touching her face,
oh so delicately, so demurely
brushing her face, as in a whisper,
pensive pose, thoughtful girl
watching perhaps for an appropriate suitor
getting the vapors
at the sight of him
August 25, 2007 8:15
(Raymond A. Foss)
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