In Safe Hands A woven blanket wraps me round— warmth of touch, of sight and sound: songs as you work at the kitchen sink; you telling me plainly what you think again; a rustle of pages while you read; the rock of your knee within the bed; the slightest snuffle as you sleep; your chest for refuge whenever I weep; two old brown shoes, parked on the mat, what could be more reassuring than that? Klimt in the Courtyard: Woman in Gold Glittering down the tree, the sunlight on the…
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