Finis
4 for Howard
You didn't bargain
for hearts & flowers,
nor hungry little girls
in a woman's body,
nor woods with beer cans
and broken bottles.
I would have devoured you:
appetite so long denied
it was the larger part
of me. You set sail
on my lake of tears,
your red sail
confident and bright
against my gray skies.
But, I saw you naked
once or twice--
you cannot
take that with you.
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