welcome
welcome to the roller-coaster
of the celebrations and fears
the laughter and the tears
the bitter and the sweet
the pleasant and the disturbing
the itching and the caressing
the wrapping warmth
the stripping cold
penetrating looks
happiness is superficial
moves on a horizontal line
sadness touches deep
riding the vertical
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Zemach Zohar Wilson, Pune India, August 2000