Sunday, May 8, 2011

Love Like Salt


Love Like Salt

By Lisel Mueller


It lies in our hands in crystals
too intricate to decipher


It goes into the skillet
without being given a second thought


It spills on the floor so fine
we step all over it


We carry a pinch behind each eyeball


It breaks out on our foreheads


We store it inside our bodies
in secret wineskins


At supper, we pass it around the table
talking of holidays and the sea.

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