Seven

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We touch.
Shoulder-to-shoulder.
You can't do more when crossing streets
With mannequins in Windows looking back.

I try to match your step-
That way I'm sure of staying close.
You smell like love.
That must be so
For what I smell is dear to me and new.

And so a little walk through town
Becomes a journey
A love vacation from ourselves
But with ourselves.
Everything you say is funny
Or beautiful.

-Rod McKuen

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