O Best of All Nights, Return and Return Again

After the Pervigilium Veneris & Propertius’s “Nox mihi candia“

How she let her long hair down over her shoulders, making a love
cave around her face. Return and return again.
How when the lamplight was lowered she pressed against him,
twining her fingers in his. Return and return again.
How their legs swam together like dolphins and their toes played
like little tunnies. Return and return again.
How she sat beside him cross-legged, telling him stories of her
childhood. Return and return again.
How she closed her eyes when his were open, how they breathed
together, breathing each other. Return and return again.
How they fell into slumber, their bodies curled together like
two spoons. Return and return again.
How they went together to Otherwhere, the fairest land they had
ever seen. Return and return again.
O best of all nights, return and return again.