She sits naked on the floor
Picking songs and sipping
On her warm beer
I smoke by the window
At a new lover's distance
Watching her intermittently
The city is still
It's 3a.m.
Our bodies
Are spent on each other
The bedsheets still wet
With our sweat
After the fire
We separated
Into component pieces
She combed her hair
In the mirror
As I poured cold water
Over myself
And ******
With the bathroom door
Left open
My ****
Still a little hard
I could hear her sing
As I toweled myself
Watched the last of the water
Fall into the drain
And for the first time
I could remember
I did not have to try
There was no rush
There was nowhere
I needed to be
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 at 5:25 PM UTC
She sits naked on the floor
Picking songs and sipping
On her warm beer
I smoke by the window
At a new lover's distance
Watching her intermittently
The city is still
It's 3a.m.
Our bodies
Are spent on each other
The bedsheets still wet
With our sweat
After the fire
We separated
Into component pieces
She combed her hair
In the mirror
As I poured cold water
Over myself
And ******
With the bathroom door
Left open
My ****
Still a little hard
I could hear her sing
As I toweled myself
Watched the last of the water
Fall into the drain
And for the first time
I could remember
I did not have to try
There was no rush
There was nowhere
I needed to be
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