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FIRST EMBRACE, FINLAND
Birch scent on steamy skin,
she steps from the sauna perched on the edge of a pier.
Hall of mirrors forest round,
she sees the other one upside down,
sniggers – the ugly duckling shivers.
But this time the swan dives in – hot skin, icy water:
black velvet swirls in liquid light when midnight sun
meets winter solstice.