Didactic Prom


Cashews and white
bread post sex
scent still lingers.
shirt sticks
to belly. burning
sickening, turning.
Skin thickens
to the sens-
itivity - the
skin on settled
pudding. pants
trap knees.
Today and history.
me and you and me.
flakey, pastry skin.
coat hanger shoulders
a clothesline shine.
Never been touched.

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