By spaceman
Date: 2002 May 11
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Wild Crush

The wild crush
on the girl I know I can't have;
the exhilaration
of seeing her
standing close enough to
smell her hair
laughing with her
hugging her
kissing her cheek
while her husband stands by
and assumes my innocence.
That spark of harboring
a secret
is one of the most
electrifying delusions I know.
And later when he thanks me
for accepting her into
the family,
I'll clap him on the back and
say "No problem,"
because meeting anyone
who can make every fiber of
your being tingle and pulse with life
is a gift.
And even if I cannot act on it,
I am unable to refuse it.