Cathy Jackson

“I love you baby”
I whisper
As you leave for work.
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Here lies Homey - the chameleon,
Sweet and endearing,
Handsome and charming,
Foolish and deceiving,
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Before the dawn I lie awake,
With loins astir and muscles tensing
I squeeze my thighs together
To calm the storm
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It’s so quiet today, save a few peripheral noises
From the world outside.
Voices down the hall, indistinguishable words,
Clicks on keyboards, paper rustling,
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I watch you from across the room,
My girlfriends all chatting it up with you,
Wanting you...
Wanting to take a ride.
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The radio is on, but I don’t hear it,
It seems so quiet and still as we travel
Down this old familiar highway -
We must have gone down this highway a hundred times.
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Evening’s begun,
That peaceful time of day
When it is just you and I,
And the cat.
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The muse is gone, she left in the night,
Taking my creativity with her.
Packing up my words, and the color of my thots,
Then stealing away without a sound,
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In the springtime of my youth
A boy I once did love
Although he promised not a thing
No moon, no stars above
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‘Dear Kate…’ it began,
She smiled at the sound of it - ‘Dear Kate’
‘Don’t fall in love with me…’ - too late, she sighed
Her smile waning as ‘Dear Kate’
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