Anais Vionet Poet Free verse

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Ak

The first time you kissed me it was a surprise, I wasn’t ready.
It was a sneak attack, funny ‘cause they say the girl ‘always knows.’
I think we’re lucky we didn’t chip a tooth.

The unexpected slowed me - ‘ok, that happened,’ I thought.
Because I’d wondered, before - ‘does he like me like THAT?’
and suddenly you came into sharp focus, your lips, your eyes,
your goofy smile. It changed things, for us - like Jesus’s birth
changed time - there was before kiss (bk) and after kiss (ak).

We somehow kludged our way into love - the old fashioned way
without navigation software, dating sites, hookup apps or breadcrumbs.
Like our foremothers and fathers or Columbus - we bumbled into a new world.

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John Gondolf July 12, 2023 at 10:59 AM I think the way you bumbled into love is by far the BEST way, otherwise it is just a game that young people play for sport. And I take it you are diligently practicing the art of kissing? (After you get over your Covid of course) Anais Vionet July 12, 2023 at 11:24 AM I haven’t been kissed in a while - I’m kiss-dehydrated. Peter’s of interviewing. He just got his doctorate in applied physics and he’s interviewing all over - places like Geneva, Switzerland (CERN), Paris (ESA), Berkeley, California (LBL), Princeton, New Jersey (IAS), Los Alamos, New Mexico (LANL), two places he says he can’t talk about and Cambridge MA (MIT). I want him to get that last one (so badly). Anais Vionet July 12, 2023 at 11:23 AM I haven’t been kissed in a while - I’m kiss-dehydrated. Peter’s of interviewing. He just got his doctorate in applied physics and he’s interviewing all over - places like Geneva, Switzerland (CERN), Paris (ESA), Berkeley, California (LBL), Princeton, New Jersey (IAS), Los Alamos, New Mexico (LANL), two places he says he can’t talk about and Cambridge MA (MIT). I want him to get that last one (so badly).

Chris Conn July 11, 2023 at 8:27 PM Kiss: A touch or caress with the lips. "The anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction. =] Anais Vionet July 11, 2023 at 9:27 PM Now THAT makes it sound inviting =]

Martin Braun July 11, 2023 at 3:18 PM Bumbling into a new world, AK, indeed. I am reminded of my wife changing her mind when we gave our wedding kiss. My nose so big it "boinged" when she changed sides. Cyrano would be proud. Thank you, for your poem. Anais Vionet July 11, 2023 at 4:31 PM Kissing takes practice. Lots and lots of dedicated practice.