Aphrodite Makes the World

Aphrodite makes the world


or the pleasure
of hello of
a gentle
nod
as
if
there
were no
big bang
but rather
a long drawing in
of a honeyed breath
& a longer exhalation
a hand unfolding a gift
covered by the thinnest
petal of a pink primrose
this is how worlds
float into us
even as we
kneel in
the surf
fiddler
crabs
soft
wet
&
her
lips
part
again


Richard Lance Williams

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