Friday, April 25, 2008

Private Collection

If she knew about these images
he keeps of her,

in his mental vault
collected from the day they met,

and if he would give her access
to view each one showing

her Asian hair, its entire length
glazed with fluorescent light

or her skin, light colored, unblemished
pressed against a mound, rough and brown

or her slender fingers holding on
to a coffee cup, made of paper, black

or her cheeks, powdered pink, and rising
or her lips, red lipsticked, and glistening

would she wonder whether he ever
looked away?

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