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Translucence

By Judy Nemer Sklar

I awoke with a start.

Uneasy,

I swallowed the lump in my throat.

What was that dream?

I closed my eyes again,

Replaying it.

I was having dinner.

Four or five people at a table

Laughing,

A woman took me by the hand.

“I have never made love to a woman before”, I said.

Quietly.

Her breasts were creamy white,

Softer than anything I had ever felt before.

I went down to kiss her.

A translucent globe,

A perfect circle.

I could see her face through it.

Who was she?

I was

Unsure,

Repelled,

Fascinated,

Free.

I replay it now, again and again.

I don’t want to change a thing.

But, I don’t see her face anymore,

Only a translucent perfect circle.