Man And Woman Poem by Patti Masterman

Man and woman, we laid where clouds copulated,
My head near yours, where the river kissed the bar.
Sat in seats as a couple, all breath-bated,
Watched a star shoot across another star.

Dream for dream; all our movements syncopated,
Strength for weakness, nested in parallel.
But gradually our words grew constipated-
And you took me suddenly, inside a dark stairwell.

Thereafter, we no longer searched for symbols;
Auspicious signs, we would be just like the rest:
We were lithe and quick, and we were very nimble-
And it mattered not if our union were not blessed.