A poem by Mary Mackey, "The Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number 3"

It's easy to love

through a cold spring

when the poles of the willows

turn green

pollen falls like a yellow curtain

and the scent of

Paper Whites

clots the air

but to love for a lifetime

takes talent

you have to mix yourself

with the strange

beauty of someone

else

wake each morning

for 72,000

mornings in

a row so

breathed and

bound and

tangled

that you can hardly

sort out

your arms

and

legs

you have to

find forgiveness

in everything

even ink stains

and broken cups

you have to be willing to move through

life

together

the way the long

grasses move

in a field

when you careen

blindly toward

the other

side

there's never going to be anything

straight or predictable

about your path

except the

flattening and the springing back

you just go walking for years

hand in hand

waist deep in the weeds

bent slightly forward

like two question

marks

and all the while it

burns

my dear

it burns beautifully above

you

and goes on

burning

like a relentless

sun

Mango-Lime Sorbet -I think we all need a little something sweet.

4 cup frozen mango chunks

1/2 cup agave nectar (find in any grocery store by the sugar)

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

Thaw the mango for 15 minutes. Blend in a blender with the nectar and the juice. Freeze in a glass bowl for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes until the proper consistency.