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invasive species

Peter in the summer morning sun
his cool smile shaded by shadows run
his voice as soothing as coffee’s scent
tell me he wasn’t heaven sent

Peter of Malibu moss and Spanish rose
his lips like light-coral, in kissable repose
his legs slouched akimbo, like a tiger’s limbs
how I long to re-entangle myself in them.

Peter’s quick caress, on windy Tropez beaches
aren’t men the most delightful, of nature's invasive species?
I miss the jeweler’s precision, of his warm and playful hands
and how the sun slowly gifted him, with a model’s golden tan.

Peter sipping coffee under a brittle, New Haven sun,
his rough laugh following something silly I’d done.
There’s no cryptic, localized pathology, happening at the beach,
when the two of us are together, our worlds just seem complete.
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Songs for this:
What the World Needs Now by Tori Holub & James Wilkas
be mine by strongboi
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Conn Avatar
March 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
... Song for this ... Love is a stranger By The Eurythmics
Vionet Avatar
March 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I love her voice! (Annie Lenox?) My brother introduced me to 80s music. There's something infectious about that era where everything went digital - the mixes are SO clean and exact.
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