A Woman Resembling Zhoonév

…Pahn has come into a home    He can see

momentarily     across the grey

                                                                                    faded blacktop

                                of the cul-de-sac to the house       where

he was raised and

across the room with its charcoal

couch full of people

                                                                    and the film of light coming

                       through the dusty window

       Leaning down

between two people       he sees

              a dark-haired woman       resembling

                         Zhoonév       bending over       into the sitters

                     and as he stares at her      trying

to determine if it is Zhoonév

She looks up

                                 and notices him paying attention to her   

she continues her conversation and

he continues

                                to wonder if it is Zhoonév or

                        someone similar and

                        just as he decides

                   that she is not Zhoonév she

                comes over to him to talk                           

 Now they are                                          

     at a bar and       as they make their way

through       the crowd              

 along the counter       smiling

and talking                 she becomes

                                           more comfortable and confident

finally leaning up against him

and whispering

                                        into his ear      almost nuzzling him

and he pulls away          knowing

                             that the family of Aiks is in the room and

                    he is embarrassed at her

seducing in their view

Zhoonév in Voile

.

…Zhoonév walks naked.................................

to the curtain

winding the fabric............

........about her…she is

in Pahn’s arms ... leaning

her thin body into him ...her forehead and

black hair on his shoulder

her back arched as he caresses

her contours

through the voile

contentment........................................

relaxation

.

peace and love we would say

.

…Pahn hears Aiks in the hall he whispers

apprehensively

to Zhoonév

“I don’t want my wife to see us”

He shivers and detaches.........................

Apologetically

.

Zhoonév fades away…...........................................

…Theya stands surprisingly tall

in the old house ... looking

down into Pahn’s eyes ...smiling

asking

if he has ever seen the “smoke system”

She explains

that it was a way to easily pump

marijuana smoke

into the living room

She turns to the wall ...to pull a lever

and smoke

begins immediately ...to pour

from holes

in the bricks ...above the fireplace

Phaithohn laughs commentary.......................

Eeunks comments casually ...from..................

across the room

where she sits on the floor................

drawing…

.

…Pahn walks again with Zhoonév............................

into the bedroom

He shows her the boots

They are tall shiny

supple

thin

He knows they are meant for snow

but they are not lined

He thinks to himself

.

“It doesn’t really matter that they are not lined—one can

wear thick socks”

.

Zhoonév wanders about the room

and disappears

into a

corner…

.

Zhoonév

A nymph of lakes and intellect, poetess.


A Woman Resembling Zhoonév
Zhoonév in Voile
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