(kiss)

In my dream
a stranger enters
our house,
first I am afradi
and then as we
sit on a sofa
in a room,
which feels
like the work
room in the old
house,
I leaned over
and kissed him.
First, it is
just a kiss
and then,
it (melts) into
the most wonderful
kiss I have ever
experienced,
albeit in a dream.
Later he says,
do you have
some more words
to go with
those words
in the kiss
and whatever my answer
was there was a moment
of shared delight.
And I woke up
knowing
what I didn’t have.

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