Poems

Individual poems

Happy Hour Hero

Happy Hour HeroThe clock hits five and something in my bloodstream shifts,the afternoon’s been long and now the evening lifts,I’m pulling into the parking lot at quarter past,the happy hour special runs till seven, I’ll make it last,the bartender’s already got the draft glass in his hand,he knows my usual order and my land,I settle

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Forty-Five Minutes Late

Forty-Five Minutes LateShe showed up forty-five minutes past the agreed time with a look that said,Don’t ask about the forty-five minutes and I read the sign and I didn’t instead,I’d been sitting with a bourbon and the ambient uncertainty of a man,Who doesn’t know if he’s been stood up but she knocked and I ran.To

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First Time

From the first time our bodies brushed, it was more than mere chance,A spark flickered between us, igniting a fiery dance.In the throes of ecstasy, our bodies entwined,We discovered a passion so raw, so wholly divine.Tell me about the first time my fingers traced your skin,Teasing the edge of desire, inviting you in.The pleasure roared

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Five OClock Whore

Five OClock WhoreSaw her the diner after the rushHair like sin and lips that crushClocked out early, still dressed to sinWith the look of someone who always winsShe doesn’t smile, she doesn’t teaseShe moves like sweat between the sheetsKnows her worth, knows her gameEvery man just learns her nameShes a five oclock whoreNo shame, just

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First Time With You

First Time With YouShe answered the door in a borrowed t-shirt and nothing beneath it worth naming,I stepped inside her hallway and every good intention went up in flaming,She smelled like soap and something darker I could not quite identify then,I had my hands around her waist before we’d made it to a count of

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