What I've Kept For Myself
At the end of each session, the palette should be cleansed, preferably by fire. You said we were over, but keep texting back, wanting to know where I hid your stuff before you packed things up and went. But I have no closet horde of paltry bits to validate our time, just my memory's mind, full to overflow. Your hip's alpine slope lying naked at my side, seen with a half-waked glance as the morning sun leaks through louvered glass... the dance of auburn curls and emerald eyes as your head bobs in the...