crumpled in a corner
from the ninth grade
I found it.

a magazine clipping
ripped and tearing
but still here.

an off-beat face with
her pinky between
her lips.

eyes glance out at me
begging me to come closer
to touch her.

i'll never have her sexy face
as hard as I try I'm just
not that way.

03/12/2006

Posted on 03/13/2006
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