“Sanctified”
“Once the visitor had disappeared, Theo felt that the cave had been sanctified. If one took the atmosphere of a medieval cathedral for a comparison, that in the cave now pulsed with a thousand times its sacred energy. Invisible light glowed from the wet stones; the bearded generals beamed; the mermaids wriggled contentedly; the spirits […]
Continue reading“The Visitation”
“Oh, such love poured out from the eyes and mouth and tilt of the head and lean of this man’s “body”! It struck Theo in this way: all the compassion in the world was now concentrated on him; all the tenderness in the universe was now spread over him, like a warm blanket over a […]
Continue reading“Uncharted”
“Unlike most lovers, whose erotic trips, like those of trains, feature well-marked stops and certain destinations, they had no idea where they were headed or what sights, sounds, and touches they would encounter on the way. They made love as adventurous vacationers travel, stopping at points of interest for as long as they wished, discovering […]
Continue reading“Dancing”
“They had always danced well together, intuitively understanding the next move their partner would make, flowing together as though their two bodies were really one, smiling, watching the joy sparkle in the other’s eyes, fitting their limbs and torsos into the lubricant rhythms of the song. They did not even notice that their dancing drew […]
Continue reading“The Aura”
“Life would be just moving along as it always did, conversations unfolding, actions setting off reactions, and then the couple would appear and everything would cease to move in its wonted groove. What had, moments before, seemed trivial, now gained depth. What had been meaningless, now filled with significance. The couple transformed a two-dimensional world […]
Continue reading“Harmony”
“He noticed a quaint orchestration of elements: the color of her blue dress and the orange butterfly wings were complementary; a pygmy nuthatch, which had emerged from the cloaking branches, wore a coat of blue a shade darker than her dress, a neck white as the clouds, and a head the same color as the […]
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