The Lover Speaks of Natural History - Kevin Ducey

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The Lover Speaks of Natural History
                                          - Kevin Ducey

When all America has passed
when all the gas stations
have turned to delis
they will speak of my love for you.
And your reality has slowed and I
used to think of death as something
one practiced and the Buddha had
the simple trick of it, but your hand
is in mine, and I kiss your mouth
and it has slowed for me
as well and there is no dying
here in this place inside of a time when
the President is finally dead
and the glaciers are all tenderness.

--from Rhinoceros (selected by Yusef Komunyakaa)

 Kevin Ducey is the winner of the 2004 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize. Ducey's work has appeared in River City, Malahat, Elixir, and Crab Orchard Review, among others. He was the recipient of a Wisconsin Arts Board grant in 2000 and received the MFA from the University of Notre Dame. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.  

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[deathjoy.livejournal.com]

This gave me goosebumps.