By Misti
Date: 2004 Dec 03
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Learning Curve

you are learning me
line
by
line
you've known since
the beginning
how to tease me and please me
until I'm gasping and begging
for more
but you are earning your phd
in the fucked up beautiful messy science of me
my idiosyncrasies
my candy craziness
how pissed off I can be when I come home from work
to find a brand-new Ford Explorer parked in my space
my narrow numbered space that belongs to us
how I cuss and rant and leave notes on windshields
YOU ARE IN MY SPACE, ASS WIPE!!!
YUPPIE SCUM!!!
and you know by now that I can only tolerate
so much television
so yesterday when I came home
you were working in the notebook I left for you
with the beginnings of your screenplay idea
I flesh out the characters with astrological
assignations and love interests
you take care of the plot and political implications
I cuddle and snuggle and love you warm
then come in from the cold after washing laundry
a swarm of crazed bees in my head
just because I encountered two different
strange men
and one actually spoke to me
bless you
my darling
before I was a sultry seductress
badder than I ever thought I could be
not that I wanted to be
but you were you
and I was me and together we were a force
not to be denied or trifled with
so speaketh the Walrus
now I'm a sultry seductress and so much more
you adore me still
you floor me still
I love you too much to test you
but if I did
I know you would pass
with colors flying faster
than the speed
of light.