“…to expose a thought entire…”… “Cipher,” my poem
our secret…
Cipher
I cannot choose the words.
I feel a pressure, desire,
to expose a thought entire.
It will not reveal itself,
nor change to parts.
It stays hidden, whole,
startling by degrees,
urgent in its fullness,
as I begin to understand.
It is my thought.
It is me, only me.
I tell you this, only you,
because you can understand.
June 26, 1995
Bethany Beach, DE
for Barb, my dearest one
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