By violet
Date: 2001 Sep 18
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he was

he was
a delicious delicacy of a man
strong jaw, bathed in shadow
a hard body
worked by the earth and sun
he was orion
he was her core
maybe it was the way he talked
or sang off tune in the morning
maybe it was the way he cradled her in his arms
he was
her world
wrapped in denim
or a towel
he was
her cowboy
one day he let her go
and she fell apart
and she wished she had never set foot
through that door
wished she had never shared homefries
wished she never tasted his coffee tongue
it was easier that way
before all the passion
before
he was