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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578012" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Refraction Of Water</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not knowing how to swim<br>I became an expert<br>at diving in</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and swimming under water<br>(oh I could do that) <br>for a width<br>and then<br>another width back</div><div style="margin:10px 0">reaching for the safety of the bar as if it were<br>Life itself<br>even pushed it so far<br>(I held my breath) <br>took to swimming lengths<br>underwater<br>the danger and the fear of death<br>became the thrill of it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">lost in a soundless universe<br>living only on that one breath<br>my shadow like a soul distorted<br>accompanying me on the bottom<br>like a dolphin</div><div style="margin:10px 0">///Time///broken///<br>in the refraction<br>of water.<br>Although I never learned<br>to swim</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I became an expert<br>in not drowning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">***</div><div style="margin:10px 0">IN AN OCTOPUS’S GARDEN WITH YOU</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We play about<br>in the pool<br>(act the fool) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">not swimming – playing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I swim underwater<br>for a length</div><div style="margin:10px 0">before passing underneath<br>your wide open legs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You thrill to the touch<br>as I softly brush<br>your inner thighs<br>with my curly hair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You laugh & cry: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Again…again! ”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This time you<br>untying the little ribbons & bows<br>of your tiny bikini bottoms</div><div style="margin:10px 0">giving me<br>a glimpse</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of Heaven here<br>on earth<br>(under water) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">my lungs on fire<br>gasping for breath</div><div style="margin:10px 0">come up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">clenched in my teeth<br>your little yellow<br>polka-dot bikini bottoms</div><div style="margin:10px 0">only to find your top<br>like a jellyfish</div><div style="margin:10px 0">scurrying away on<br>the surface.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">your nakedness<br>split in two</div><div style="margin:10px 0">by the refractive index<br>of the water.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Come here! ”<br>you sneer</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“I’ve got something<br>I want to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">show you! ”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You sure<br>show me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=D%C3%B3nall+Dempsey">Dónall Dempsey</a><div class=q>
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I became an expert
at diving in

and swimming under water
(oh I could do that) 
for a width
and then
another width back

reaching for the safety of the bar as if it were
Life itself
even pushed it so far
(I held my breath) ..."></div>
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