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wild rosemary memories
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0of the gardens of northern california
the sprig she cut for each of us
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0after the handfasting
is on my altar still
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a decade and a half later
she was roomy and luxuriant
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and he was mushroom puck
heavy earth mother bosom and
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0randy roving pan
an archetypal pair
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0but in our hearts we celebrants knew
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 their future would not be kind
rosemary for remembrance she said
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0handing me the cut and fragrant twig
her eyes wet with newfound love
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0as she hugged me to her thick breast
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tears in a lace handkerchief
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and fingers sweet with spring herb
a year later
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0her pan found me in a beltane bower
and tossed the condoms aside<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(First published in Off the Coast, 2008)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Rosemary for Remembrance wild rosemary memories\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0of the gardens of northern californiathe sprig she cut for each of us\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0after the handfastingis on my altar still\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a decade and a half latershe was roomy and luxuriant\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and he was mushroom puckheavy earth mother bosom and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0randy roving panan archetypal pair\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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