. . . . . . . . -((kiss?)) No!
No - never - cannot . . . ((kiss?))
((sweet 
       sweet 
             touch
                   soft 
                        whistle 
                               of 
                                  pursed lips
in the dark sill watching air?. . . .))
((absence of 
           wind and
                    thick water
                              still 
                                  not moving))
but                        when?
   and               how?
       and    where?
           not
           her
           him
           me
                 
                   No - never - Cannot!

                               . . . . . . . . -((kiss?))  

















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