Return to a white leather sofa (poetry)

 

he walks away

sits down on the [sofa]

the [white] [leather] [sofa] I never wanted to buy

I go outside and I don’t slam the [door]

I stand in the [yard]

under the [sycamore]

the [symbol] of [life]

he was a [senior] and I was a [sophomore]

he didn’t know that I was alive

he had long [blond] [hair] and [eyes] like [James Spader]

and I loved how he walked with his [head] held up high

easy and cool like a [lord] or a [serpent] 

the [sycamore] [bark] is mottled and thin

and I loved how his [lips] were always parted

as if he’d forgotten the [question] he asked

I go back inside and I close the [door] softly

I give him a [smile] like a [girl] or a [servant]

come here he says and leans back on the [sofa]

the [white] [leather] [sofa] I never wanted

the [sycamore] looks like it’s ready to die

and I go to him now as if I were alive.

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