like meeting someone you only think
you know from speaking to him
on the phone or like a pen-pal
contacted by letter and suddenly
there he stands as large as life
exceeding expectations is precisely
how it felt on first meeting and feeling
so solid in my hand I knew now why
I felt it press against me when we kissed
goodnight or when we lay
together on the grass all innocence
thy rod and thy staff to comfort me
