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Last Class
May 1, 2007We could, perhaps,
teach each other lots of things:
songs, the silky vastness of thighs,
the sounds fingers make as
they entwine,
the buttery feel of skin
on skin,
pressed so close there’s little room for
secrets.
We could, perhaps,
teach each other many things:
the placement of moles, for instance,
or the way we prefer our coffee,
or
why we both keep our phones
furtively stashed away. There’s
a better universe for us, I said: one where
we don’t etch secrets like
ours on sheets and skin. But you
were too
scarred, and bitter,
and the only universe you know is
the one we now have.
I’ve only two lessons left
for you now: my name, and how
to slip away on a humid May afternoon.
Goodbye, my love.






