Pentimento

Palomino hair 
           captivating hips,
           fecund. 

Eschewing eye contact,
interaction.
          Sovereign.

Enthralled by the inanities
of London dailies…
         nonetheless, 
lovely 
         — ordinarily so.

Insinuating her petite body 
into crowded queue

Immediate
         faintly forward
Pressed as proximity permits
sans physical touch.

She, 
dwarfed by the mass of my body
         — enfolded within the 
field-space of my being — 

Bent on preventing intrusion 
        — imposition 

my honor 
stills and silences 
the maleness 
of body and mind.

In this 
        non-ordinary place
ineffable constituencies 
of sentience
apprehend the other
        — subtle, nuanced — 

delight
        dance
pirouette
                 in

Essential recognition. 

         …the gentle currency of intimacy.

©2014 Stephen Victor