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Arise, early
Dress, meticulously
Yesterday - butterflies, breath held, shaking
Today – “getting down” to a favorite song

On a never-ending street, familiar sights, nerves calmed.  

Lobby’s plush chair with a view
Fidget with hair

Newspaper upside down.

Taxi flow erratic
Positively correlated - disappointment, tension, doubt

Alas, a single, red cab dispels all
Passenger, but a profile
then Afro-to-toe, it was him

Newspaper crumpled.

Passing through the door
recalling “Hot fun in the summertime” 1
                cool movie theaters temper steamy, youthful love
	        thrilling togetherness
                agonizing "eternal" separation

time.  stands.  still.
bodies, lips, locked; eyes closed 
cologne intoxicating; knees buckling

At check-in, giddy like newlyweds,
dizzy from cycles of tenderness, passion 	

The University bell sounded the hour
Five blissful days...countdown began
Sad heart keeps beat.

Notes

1 Hot Fun in the Summertime, Sly and the Family Stone, July 21, 1969, Epic
  Sly Stone (Songwriter, Producer)