Love rode 1500 miles

Daqui

Love rode 1500 miles on a grey

hound bus & climbed in my window

one night to surprise

both of us.

the pleasure of that sleepy

shock has lasted a decade

now or more because she is

always still doing it and I am

always still pleased. I do indeed like

aggressive women

who come half a continent

just for me; I am not saying that patience

is virtuous, Love

like anybody else, comes to those who

wait actively

and leave their windows open.

Judy Grahn