i felt you there beside me

your sleeve against my arm -

warmth in these cool walls where

god meets church, believers, you and me;

i felt you there, my head on your welcoming

shoulder but roughly textured at the same time;

i felt your cheek on my hair

heat of blended bristles;

i felt you there, bathed squares

through panes of beauty

in every orange hue of rectangle

on hessian mats, squares

not quite squared, but straight and many

nonetheless, like love. where we shared,

i felt you there

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