secretly .

we trade in hidden conversations
our coded words and ciphers

like agents, government disavowed,
in missions that concern life
and death
and the possibility of both when either is chosen

secretly .

we pass back and forth glances
others seem to have given us

like their meanings are enigmatic passages
of stories that unfold in secret
moments obfuscatedly

secretly .

we kiss in darkened alleys and rooms
blind to the world and its prying
unseeing eyes
and share the hidden trove of rendezvous
we cherish each night
only to ourselves

secretly.

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fosPoetry_ii