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Brooklyn Seduction

Brooklyn
Began with Stella, and then
Led on

Belgian beers,
Colombian food
Scattered conversation
To an off-chance
“come home with me?”
Shrugged off

Brooklyn again
Seducing
To a game of secrets,
To a brownie,
Smooshed in between fingers
Licked clean.

Led
Alone
Surprising tree-lined streets,
Streets busy, dark, still,
To a stone bench
In front of strangers-
They watched intently.

He turned to me,
With a question
But I to a black sedan,
“To another!”
To a bottle of Proseco
Off-speed dancing,
Gossiping

My eyes shining
Like Brooklyn’s reputation,
The borough asking
Persistently
Again, again, Come home with me?

family resemblance

sometimes i look at pictures
and i study the faces to see
who has what nose
and who has
what smile
and
sometimes i look
just to say hi all you
relatives who
line my face with genes
and past choices
and
sometimes i look at pictures
to witness
how much has changed –

and
sometimes how little…
as if my face
was made in stone.

[AND btw… on a different topic, way to go team USA world cup soccer!!]