you pulled the hairs
between my brows
with your teeth
and I can do the same
with the hair on your chin -
you smell nice
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a bush of bridal wreath
the only thing blooming
at the edge of the woods
and before
I know its name
I say that I want it
at my wedding
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hung next to a urinal
she sat in a boat
and listened to us hum
“he made a fiddle
of her breast bone
oh the dreadful wind
and rain”
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and in the
bathroom mirror
I thought that I would
look more like her
with yellow hair
long enough
to string into a fiddle bow
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traveling between hedges
to the house on the hill
he says that
nuns are the devil
and I am afraid
to tell him my name
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I make bread
you make supper
the kitchen is always
where I panic
with the weight of my day
in the arch of my foot
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I sit in the kitchen
with the backdoor open
and the man
next door smokes
he sound like he
could be my uncle
or maybe one of the men
that use to play cards
below my bedroom window
and hide from their wives
in the summer
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I though that there would be a bump
when I shaved my head a decade later
but it was round as an allium flower
what a funny compliment
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while searching
for a spotted cat
like the ones
that would nap
under olive trees
with matted fur
and bellies
full of ripe tomatoes
one tries to burrow
into my stomach
and I want her to stay
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but she is not happy
and goes on her way
because my belly
is not as warm
as the mediterranean sun
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