Quilting

It starts with a quivering lip
threads a touch from patches
to little swatches of fabric from
various phases various places of us
the first shirt you gave me
off your very back
was gray with a cartoon face
the hat from your kinky head black
and I use a piece of that
the jeans that romanticized everything
on that patch you asked
me to be your destiny
and on this very cloth
relic of the day we lost emotional innocence
the day we became familiar
it is peculiar we made love but never had sex
without emancipating clothing
we made love like a quilt
and it was my first strawberry passion.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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October 6, 2021 at 12:47 PM
Sounds like you two were connected by a strong thread. You stitched this one up nicely.
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October 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Thanks for reading Chris. Flattered you like it. And yes was a special connection.
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