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Thursday, December 22, 2011

lye

lye

my family keeps calling me
gay because i write poetry.
my shoulders need massaging
i tell you. your hands lift
off my neck into my hair.

obsessively, i wash
windows and doors. you
fix the bed, the sheets
lie open, used.

my face burns red
with shame. i walk away.
your arms grasp the way
they do on the nights
you call me beautiful.

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