By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 8 November 1999

Partner in Crime

I don't want to
lug my luggage
into another relationship
don't want to
look for a priest
or a daddy
in my next boyfriend
I don't want drama
or tragedy
      I want to wake up laughing my ass off
           I want to roll down hills with my guy
               until we're grass stained and thirsty
                   for Mountain Berry Kool-Aid
                       I want to make
                                  snow angels
                       I want to drink hot cocoa
                                  with marshmallows
                         instead of tequila shots
                              with Shiner Bock
     I want to watch "The Smurfs" with my lover
          while painting his toenails
             I want to try on hats with him
       and make a scene in Foley's or Macy's
           I want to eat free samples
              with him in the candy store
      wear matching t-shirts
         that say
     Tweedledum and Tweedledumber
        I want some sex, too
     but not so much
    that it becomes sordid and vacant and taken for granted.