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Elizabeth Cotton

Rituals

I open the door easily because you remembered to unlock it

It is dark as I take off my shoes and call out, yoo-hoo? 

You reply from the bedroom, under the covers, yoo-hoo!

We are not sure how it started but it’s become our call 

A check-in, are you there?


Whenever, wherever, I put my hand on top of yours 

You put another hand on top, and wait, expectantly

My other hand stacks on top, and we throw all in the air

Like a Little League soccer team of two thirty-somethings

It makes us smile.


Our dances in the car are robotic, at these stop lights 

Arms up and down, one after the other, like Ken and Barbie

We always check to see if the people in the car behind us reacts

And hope they notice these rituals 

of two young idiots in love.


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