Love Is Never Vague or General

Music: Fugue in C Major. By M. Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Love is never vague or general: It's all about thin fingers and fat toes. What makes someone attractive no one knows, But all know that it isn't rational. There is a chemistry, some catalyst: A scent, a lilt of voice, a social grace, Some subtle hint impossible to trace, Fit fodder for a gentle satirist. But passion is, of love, merely the seed: It's love itself that most engenders love. And here again, mysteries silent move, Shifting darkly where there is most need. Love is about a casual caress, A patient silence in which souls can dance, An obvious, clumsy gesture towards romance, A comfort zone where long, hard days undress. It's all about the richness of a night In which two lovers work to keep the glow: The feel of skin, the way a tongue moves slow, The thousand tiny things that make things right.