Frankly, I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of just writing a journal online for people to see, but I'm going to try to break myself of that discomfort. As a restart to this wonderful world of online thoughts I want to start by posting a poem I never had work-shopped. Please give me some feedback about it!
And People I knew Were in the Hall
You and I were
bathing in a white
tub with green claws holding
it up. Your pants
were still on
because you’re a little self
conscious about showing
your legs to me.
I was naked
and we were watching a movie
on the TV across from our tub.
Kissing your jawbone,
“My mom will be mad
if she walks in on us.”
You smiled with the smile
you use in devilish pleasure
rather than out of joy.
I focused on tiny, dark hairs
above your lips, and you told me,
“We’re fine.”
I got out and started
dressing. Forgot I had new
underwear and showed you
how nice it was.
Frills and bows to
cover what you’d already seen.
Water sloshed from the basin.
“Oh, hey,
I’m gonna take off.”
I became a cape
around your neck.
“You can’t leave me
now. I just put on
underwear for you.”
And you were already
in the doorway when you said,
“But I like England;
it smells like Spain.”
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