Opportuniy

…Djuturna looks out

                                                            past Pahn

from the shaded      stucco                                                 

balcony niche      where                          

they stand close

facing each other              She is

leaning over his shoulder—   

                                    to see?   

                                         To hear?

 

And when

she turns her head  back

to face Pahn again        her lips

            within easy reach         Pahn

            tilts forward just enough

                                  to touch                        thinking  

‘It will seem appropriate

                                           now’

 

She       hesitates briefly                                      

as he catches her mouth

 

                       and lifts

           her lips in his   

A moment of bliss 

                                    and then  

he begins to wonder            

how to             

gracefully end                                      

this kiss