3. EMMA

Born in Nairobi Africa

Raised in London England

World wanderer at twenty-five...

I remember how astonished I was

When you told me how your mother

Had told you on the telephone

That the package from me had arrived

Which contained your photographs and how you

immediately cut short your travels in the States

And flew home to London

So anxious were you to see them...

I remember the night I first met you,

When we spontaneously decided to do the photoshoot

Around the campfire, beside the creek --

That same hot night in July of '95

When we raced down the country roads of Southern Oregon

On my Honda 750

Naked, laughing...

I remember how we pulled the bike into the farm yard

Thinking no one would be up at that late hour

But there in the dark were three teenage boys

Stammering and stuttering -- bug-eyed

As we dismounted the motorcycle

Naked, laughing,

Your sleek young black body shining

With sweat and excitement

In the Moonlight

My aging white hippy body such a contrast...

What a blast!

You're the most beautiful lesbian woman

From Nairobi and London

That I have ever known...