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The Wedding Photograph Over Our Bed

Gary Hyland
From:   Vintage 99. Ronsdale Press, 2000


For Sharon, November 1, 1999.

In half-light, I see the photograph
in the mirror: white dress and hat
encasing shadows on your face,

me nearly invisible in black suit,
a wing of white collar at my throat,
a retrospective flutter in my heart.

Each of our heads leans to each
as if teased with an urge to touch,
faces bronze like candlelit coins.

By light�s sorcery we change sides.
I transpose left. You move right.
Our clasped hands reverse grips.

We�ve learned to make this trade
look easy, our occult science
defying space to take the other�s place.



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