Are you taken?
as a fucking joke, absolutely
{—Amy Lowell, from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell, "The Fruit Garden Path " // Mahmoud Darwish }
oh to be kissed. and kissed. and kissed
kissing isn’t enough i need to bite you
you need to be earnest. you need to tell people that you love them. you need to speak on how you’re feeling honestly. you need to be sentimental. you need to stop letting the fear of other people laughing at you have so much control over how you express yourself. you need to get over yourself. you need to be embarrassing but true.
I remember eating moldy strawberries on the porch with you. You picked the fuzzy ones up between your yellow fingers and you ate them for me. Why did you smoke so much? You taught me how to play chess, with those hands. Did it mean anything to you? My young hand in your leathered palm. It didn't to me. I remember you telling me it was good for me; the mold.
a ⠀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 , ⠀a ⠀𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 , ⠀and ⠀a ⠀𝐭𝐞𝐧⠀ reminded ⠀me ⠀of ⠀a ⠀𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 ⠀𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 .
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