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Why I Live Alone

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Those Days, Fridays

Rushing in from Memphis I'd fumble with my key And surprise! just inside The door, blood lips, smoky Raccoon eyes, You. From the rear, your favorite...
Cherry

For S., 8 Poems (1-2)

1 STILL WANTING Both with grown children, We're suprised by this chance At love. You're stunning, High cheekbones, hazel eyes. Naughty, a girl I want...
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For S., 8 Poems (3-4)

3 BUTTER Breakfast was real oatmeal Every morning in Taos, Served at the kitchen table By the window. Ravens In the courtyard. You always put a dab...
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For S., 8 Poems (5-6)

5 UNDERSTANDING New Year's Eve, Taos You slipped into the study, I followed, locking the door. Your sarong shucked up, Hazel eyes, serene, oval face...
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For S., 8 Poems (7/8)

7 WHEN WE'RE GONE I wish you hadn't deleted The 600+ messages we shared, Cavafy, koans, fiesty sex. I smiled, laughed out loud At your puns, double...
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For S., 8 Poems (8 After)

Red bison, black stags, frozen In fire light on a cave wall. And, beneath the gallery, there, Not together, a blonde woman, A dark-eyed man. This...