Today
at a poetry reading.
I thought of coming up behind you
we were in your kitchen.
My hands slip up your shirt
you dropped a turquoise plate in the sink
it bounced once.
I slide my hands down
into you.
no one turned off the faucet,
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Today
in class
my sweater ripped a string
onto my finger
one ring
I slid it off and on
if you had been next to me
I would have asked you to marry me
suddenly afraid
of losing this fabric.