By Briana Kassia
Date: 2008 Jun 26
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Cool Pillow

I was asleep when you left
I think I recall your kisses
and the soft throaty chuckle
as I stole back the covers
and burrowed back into dreams

we were fishing off the porch of a house
surrounded by water
laughing and making the best
of what was clearly a natural disaster
I had a nibble on the line
and you said it was probably a boot
and I said
boots don't have teeth
and you laughed
but they do have tongues
and then we kissed
while the water rose higher
I woke when the wind blew
made me shiver
up out of the dream
rising from the deep mystery

it was cool next to my head
the empty pillow
and the sheets that felt
like your laugh