Sex & Grace Winter 2002

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Like a game of fortune

after orange chicken

or moo-shu pork:

You will explore new territory

Spiritual bliss awaits you

In your patience, you'll find reward

The meaning of each unfolds

with a new addendum: in bed

On the wedding day,

they have tulle and tulips,

a dance for distraction.

But when night falls

and guests drift away,

it is just the two: bare

for the first time.

Fingertips on hip's white

skin. The brush of bone

on bone. The eye lock.

They'll soon have

pillow talk and pet names:

My little love cookie,

I was created for you

And yes, this sex

will lead to dancing.

Jennifer Ashley is a writer of poetry and fiction who was a finalist for the 2002 James Wright Poetry Award for Mid-American Review. She and her husband Charles-both recovering Baptists-are members of Trinity Presbyterian Church in San Luis Obispo, California.

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