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Snow falling:

I brought some home to her

Late yesterday

(Figment of my imagination)

she had a taste

Which I was asked to satiate

This extra-large piece of Italian dessert

she eats now in bed with an espresso

And summons me to come and see

how much they gave her—a generous helping—

My love a tiramisu in the lap of luxury 

it makes me happy to see her so 

I salivate myself like you, Walter

On a morning white and creamy like the topping

On a lady’s finger—the freshly

Fallen snow

Flakes of cocoa and the taste of amaretto.

Stephen Rybicki is a poet and academic librarian on the faculty of Macomb Community College, and the author of the reference work, Abbreviations: A Reverse Guide to Standard and Generally Accepted Abbreviated Forms. He lives in Romeo, Michigan.

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