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"Because She's a Lioness, That's Why"
We passed through the night
as songs never heard before
yet antique souls who saw the light
winking, glowing, sharing
a long, unspoken
triumphant conversation
that waltzed
one-two-three
one-two-three
while our eyes smiled
and we knew the staccato ticking
of the clock kept
perfect time with
the pumping pulsebeat
igniting the torch
in my chest.
© David Alan Goldberg, 2004