detroit steel





one hour

forty-five minutes

to her front door



i make myself a target

with becoming guile



she takes her clothes off

i can see her bathing suit

through her tan lines



telling a joke

about bears

with kisses

along her back



i analyze

the shape

of envelopes



she says

she is in awe of

my writing and

now we are even

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J-C4113D's picture

You set the scene perfectly, and the poem operates unobtrusively while creating the desired effect.


J-Called