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I CAN FORGIVE HER ALMOST ANYTHING
It's almost magic how she turns the bathroom into a rain forest — the heat and the humidity of a long hot bath — all the sensuality of the tropics. And when she comes out I cannot neglect the glory of her gracefully cuvetted limbs or the gleam of her smile under the wet strands of her hair. It's almost magic how she steals and plunders my heart within the embrace of her bath and how it makes me glad even though there's no hot water left.
GIOVANNI MALITO

I CAN FORGIVE HER ALMOST ANYTHING

It's almost magic how she turns
the bathroom into a rain forest —
the heat and the humidity
of a long hot bath —
all the sensuality of the tropics.

And when she comes out
I cannot neglect the glory
of her gracefully cuvetted limbs
or the gleam of her smile
under the wet strands of her hair.

It's almost magic how she steals
and plunders my heart
within the embrace of her bath
and how it makes me glad
even though there's no hot water left.

GIOVANNI MALITO

from
New Hope International Writing Vol.19 #5

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