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Auntie Hugging

by John G.Hall 

Posted: 08 November 2003
Word Count: 41
Summary: Relative love......
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Auntie Hugging.


She hugged me like space,
a bear love of nothing but universe.
All of my muscles squeezed high
into my throat, an awkward blood
forced into my face, her mouth
branding me, until your sleeve
smudged my relief.



J.G.Hall©2003






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Anna Reynolds at 16:46 on 08 December 2003  Report this post
John, this is lovely- such an avalanche of images in so short a piece. I'm probably being dim here- is 'she' and 'you' not the same auntie? The third and fourth lines are beautiful, perfectly evoke that choked, over-hugged feeling.
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