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Sex Isn’t Love

“Damn, is that all I get from you? ‘Bout to give me an attitude. You need to make love to me like you don’t love me.” ~Janet When I was 16 I thought sex was love. Oh, hell, when I was 21 I still thought sex was love. Because both sex and love were so … Continue reading Sex Isn’t Love

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Hard Emotion

Love is impatience Unraveling the soul In a fit of pique Pious underneath Settling into life Frayed at the seams So unrequited Like a stolen moment And carbon tears Twisted into steel This hard emotion Fashioned in acid A small death Calling itself love But killing just the same In moments like these When hate … Continue reading Hard Emotion

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Shacking Up: Part 3

“The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love.” ~Lisa Loeb We painted the back porch together, but separately. It was a labor of love, really. I wanted Payne’s Blue Gray, and she wanted a kind of traditional blue, so we compromised… and used the kind of traditional blue. I didn’t … Continue reading Shacking Up: Part 3

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A Slim Thread

The drawbacks were many Set up in random, thin lines As if they were equal As if nothing else mattered But love is discriminate With its pitiful adoration Exchanged for consequence Sprinkled with an ignorance That verges on the unkind Separated by a slim thread Like a dance on the tightrope With eyes firmly shut … Continue reading A Slim Thread

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Shades and Pastels

The unraveling of fabric Inconsequential at best Sliding across the cold floor Wishing for a connection An ephemeral consequence Born of needle and thread And a frantic desire to please I stand in dark shadows Facing the incoming dawn With a transcendental gaze Transfixed by the thought of you This possibility born of chance And … Continue reading Shades and Pastels

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After You

And I wish you well With your ambivalence Not my cup of tea This tepid disconnect Shrouded in gaiety Dipped in poison ink Frequently hollow But you left a stain On my semi-conscious soul Devoid of constraints Vulnerable as sin Now black like sludge This transformation Of before and after you The pictures tell a … Continue reading After You