You Touch Me

You touch me.

One by one

In each cell of my body

A hearth comes on.

X.J. Kennedy

From Cross Ties: Selected Poems (University
of Georgia Press, 1985), copyright (c) 1985
by X. J. Kennedy. For permission to reprint,
transmit by internet, or for any other purpose,
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New York, NY 10003.

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