Someone Else (Tara Mokhtari)
Posted on August 8, 2010 by verityla in Heightened Talk
So Mister
long dark long hair
Mister heroin cheeks
you’re back in my town tonight
curing me from everyman
with that sweet charm injection
calm and loving
embracive rejection
this is a funny decade
of love we fell into
stirring two sugars in your tea
same way I did when I was eighteen
in a different hotel kitchenette
nodding, understanding,
handing you the cup
as you tell me you want children
and that’s why you’re marrying
someone else
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--> Painting by Mark Rothko Red on Maroon 1959
