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<l>measure</l>
<l>The power of this momentary magnet of lips and</l>
<l>eyes,</l>
<l>And find you then, so startled, so by surprise,</l>
<l>Bend laughingly to their pleasure.</l>
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<l>Brought breathless to face the thing again today,</l>
<l>We must be distant, cold now-we say-</l>
<l>knowing the danger.</l>
<l>But already lips, limbs and arms dream toward</l>
<l>the stranger,</l>
<l>Whatever we say.</l>
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<l>And now, tonight again, before even April is over,</l>
<l>We are breast to breast again, confiding with</l>
<l>secret laughter;</l>
<l>Till you grow suddenly tired, and weak with your</l>
<l>lover.</l>
<l>And now, in the moment after,</l>
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<l>It is you who are protagonist; and I who rest</l>
<l>My tired head against you, with a boy's wonder</l>
<l>At the great womanly strength of you brooding</l>
<l>under</l>
<l>The weight of your breast.</l>
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<l>And so at last we are taken-we are tossed and</l>
<l>blown</l>
<l>Out to a strange high darkness we strangely</l>
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<l>Comforting each other into the blind void of that</l>
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Storm Gathering Maurice Lesemann 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Maurice Lesemann August 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Storm Gathering I, THE protagonist, begin in pride, merely to measure The power of this momentary magnet of lips and eyes, And find you then, so startled, so by surprise, 5 Bend laughingly to their pleasure. Brought breathless to face the thing again today, We must be distant, cold now-we say- knowing the danger. But already lips, limbs and arms dream toward the stranger, 5 Whatever we say. And now, tonight again, before even April is over, We are breast to breast again, confiding with secret laughter; Till you grow suddenly tired, and weak with your lover. 5 And now, in the moment after, It is you who are protagonist; and I who rest My tired head against you, with a boy's wonder At the great womanly strength of you brooding under The weight of your breast. 5 And so at last we are taken-we are tossed and blown Out to a strange high darkness we strangely understand, Comforting each other into the blind void of that 5 land- Borne out beyond- beyond life- and lost utterly-and alone. Maurice Lesemann

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Storm Gathering Maurice Lesemann 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Maurice Lesemann August 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Storm Gathering I, THE protagonist, begin in pride, merely to measure The power of this momentary magnet of lips and eyes, And find you then, so startled, so by surprise, Bend laughingly to their pleasure. Brought breathless to face the thing again today, We must be distant, cold now-we say- knowing the danger. But already lips, limbs and arms dream toward the stranger, Whatever we say. And now, tonight again, before even April is over, We are breast to breast again, confiding with secret laughter; Till you grow suddenly tired, and weak with your lover. And now, in the moment after, It is you who are protagonist; and I who rest My tired head against you, with a boy's wonder At the great womanly strength of you brooding under The weight of your breast. And so at last we are taken-we are tossed and blown Out to a strange high darkness we strangely understand, Comforting each other into the blind void of that land- Borne out beyond- beyond life- and lost utterly-and alone. Maurice Lesemann