The floors have cooled in
this old wooden house. My feet
love going barefoot.
I pile fresh blankets
on the bed and look forward
to turning in soon.
With age the good life
is subtly erotic. Si-
lence expresses love.
Love unifies and
compacts, I’m told, and my dreams
show me that and more.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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