By Barefoot Bella
Date: 2004 Jan 28
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A simple kiss

The first and only time we kissed
smoke hung heavy in the air
as the barflies sat on the same old stools
and the same old ales flowed.
But that night something was different.
I don't know if it was
that I knocked back one too many
or if you finally realized that
she didn't want you.
But there was this sense of urgency
about your mouth as you
greedily pressed your lips to mine.
And you insisted that one simple kiss
wouldn't do any harm.
But it really wasn't that simple.
We talked a few more more times
after that night, but soon I began to
pull away.
Because, really, a kiss is never simple.
At least not for me.