Jessica Kelly Poems

He's got his hair pulled back
and his old cap on
Radio playing a Bob Dylan song
Cigarette dangling from his lip
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Don't smile at me
and tell me that you're changed.
My mind is set.
It cannot be rearranged
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Dim lit room
flower in bloom
sweat dripping off of pale white skin
Parting her thighs
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oh i love him so much.

he is the one i dance with.
we are the only ones on the floor. everyone is watching. we're moving like kites or wind socks. we don't know what we're doing. but we look so good together. and we feel so good together. and we don't care about anyone else in the room.
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To fall in love with you,
again,
is bittersweet.
I taste it in my mouth,
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It is a perpetual pain
that she endures.
But she endures.
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A little dizzy-
from the lack of sleep
or the glass of Chianti,
she knows not.
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I can't help but believing
that someday
You'll understand that when I walked away
I never really walked away
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She can't do it all, but she does.
How do two hands build a life?
Does she do it on her own?
How does she get up each morning
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She is all that I ever wanted, but never knew I did, you know? Her eyes, her smile, her chubby cheeks and baby laughs... all so fun and unblemished. Her eyes see so clear - no one is ugly or old or fat. Her ears cannot decipher the bad words from the good. Her smile is never forced or fake. Her laughter is natural and beautiful and so small, but so big!
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