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it starts with such innocence the roles of nurse/mother/babysitter always have i slipped into far too easily it starts with a drunk man a hurt man a problem child with giant man-child problems it starts with a text ‘can we talk I’m lonely?’ ‘can we talk I’m concussed?’ ‘can we talk I need comfort?’ it starts with my answer. ‘sure let us talk and walk.’ ‘awe don’t go to sleep.’ ‘yeah I’ll be right there.’ it starts with small talk small talk moves inside inside moves upstairs upstairs moves to a bed it starts with sleep simple chaste sleep back to back sleep under separate sheets sleep it starts with a roll “you’re comfortable” "you calm me down" wrap me in strong, gorgeous arms it starts with arms arms and legs and faces all tangled up and groggy groggy with sleep and alcohol it starts with awake I am now awake man-child kissing my face still wrapped in his arms it starts with surrender surrender and melting melting into man-child all his beautiful problems mine it starts with passion sculpted chest heaving hearts racing lips and hands groping it starts with leaving now sober and guilty satisfied and exhausted handsome still it ends with alone
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Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM UTC
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it starts with such innocence the roles of nurse/mother/babysitter always have i slipped into far too easily it starts with a drunk man a hurt man a problem child with giant man-child problems it starts with a text ‘can we talk I’m lonely?’ ‘can we talk I’m concussed?’ ‘can we talk I need comfort?’ it starts with my answer. ‘sure let us talk and walk.’ ‘awe don’t go to sleep.’ ‘yeah I’ll be right there.’ it starts with small talk small talk moves inside inside moves upstairs upstairs moves to a bed it starts with sleep simple chaste sleep back to back sleep under separate sheets sleep it starts with a roll “you’re comfortable” "you calm me down" wrap me in strong, gorgeous arms it starts with arms arms and legs and faces all tangled up and groggy groggy with sleep and alcohol it starts with awake I am now awake man-child kissing my face still wrapped in his arms it starts with surrender surrender and melting melting into man-child all his beautiful problems mine it starts with passion sculpted chest heaving hearts racing lips and hands groping it starts with leaving now sober and guilty satisfied and exhausted handsome still it ends with alone
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Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM UTC
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