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"Right Way"
by Jeph Johnson
standing over her
after making love
I saw her deep
in a contented state, sighing
she said,
"now don't take this the wrong way"
a few more
seconds of
silence filled
the perfumed air
around my bed.
I looked to her
and through her smile
she continued...
"but..."
immediately
through strands of hair
her three words bolted
past the darkness,
hit me
and knocked me back...
-
"I
LOVE
YOU"
-
inquisitively squinting my tired eyes
my only response
was silence...
-
in my own head
I repeated back her words
"now don't take this the wrong way"
"now don't take this the wrong way,
but I love you"
-
I asked
(more like muttered),
how am I to take it the right way?
