a coffee shop
two cups
their first date

eating bagels
and drinking coffee
Romeo and Juliet

the taste of salt
your tears
or mine?

ramen noodes, easy mac
a kit-kat for dessert
Sunday night date

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they stand together
frozen in a kiss
snow globe

clair de lune
I dream
of a groom I've never met

leaves dance o'er the ground
her voice     my feet
barely touch or make a sound

a sterile room
his old, chubby hand
brushing her silver locks

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coat wrapped around me
memories
make me warmer

the cold night
your embrace
keeps me warm

your big arms
around me
home at last

through the wind
through the rain
she is my rock

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we snuck onto the roof
and you found the guts
to kiss me

roof top talk
we laugh and ponder
the future

dawn's first light
how small
am I

sitting on the bridge
hand in hand
her toes spread

she loves me
no matter what
a man’s best friend

high on a shelf
the unused leash
gathers dust

my one and only
my true love
my bed

two slow blinks
in cat that means
I love you

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laundry room
she shows me the paint
on her brand new bra

a gentle kiss—
onions and cigarettes
are all i smell

a half-smile
creeps across her face
the lilt of a rose petal

love note
says I'm foxy
who wrote this?

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friends
we can still be
friends

love is finding someone
who shows you how dumb
you once were

blue-eyed smile for him
I pretend I don't know
about her

so they're together . . .
he was never
mine to lose

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BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

these chocolates
show I care
right?

she contacts
me
first

the phone vibrates
her heart leaps
wrong name

a knock at the door
again . . .
not for me