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Dedication Page

Let us be books
together 
you and I.
Let us closely lie
stacked two-tiered,
backs touching,
spine-edges spooning,
soft cloth-bound
and gilt-edged
on some antique
pleasantly dusty ledge.
Let us read each other
without having to look
at the words.
Let our time be spent
between the lines –
open content exposed,
inhaling our life’s promise
like new-cut pages’ scent.
Let us be prequel and sequel,
equal to the story we tell today:
our once upon a time.
Our wedding day.
Let us vow
to stay 
companion volumes
always.

by Jo Emeney

(Happy 26th Anniversary to my dear husband!)

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