Colleen Kane

NIGHT SWIM 

“She had a vision 
of a pale white flower, 
shimmering as if seen 
in darkness, or through 
water.”― Patricia Highsmith, 
The Price of Salt
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“Don’t waste it”—
I told him once
in the dorm

Opening his door—
finding him there
beating off in bed
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Balmer Hall—
across the street
from the Pool

Later we’d—
go swimming 
nude at night