Two Together

They stood facing each other

their bodies transfixed,

rigid,

silent,

like the Sphinx staring

at its reflection on the

surface of the Great Pyramid.

Slowly, their arms rose

simultaneously passing

erect

shoulders

and with the force of a

butterfly’s wing, rested in

front between them.

Their hands connected with

chalk fingers interlacing                                                

one,

together,

while their bodies playfully

move in Minuet fashion;

poised heads swayed in the air;

their feet sailed around the

perimeters of the ice.

December 1975