Poem for Friday, July 17, 2009

Love and Character Flaws

I kissed you because I can

I thought

peering out the window (midday sun

                                     frying my brain)

the sheets still smelled of

your Turkish Royal cigarettes

you left me because you had to

I remembered

as I got in the shower crushing

the soap (Irish Spring)

between my fingers

apparently, I am intolerable

but I left you first

after I bought you flowers

tulips, to be exact and

you just

             let

                 them

                        wilt