I
want to kiss her smart mouth
And
touch her soft skin.
She
educates me with graphs
And
her keen grasp of the English language.
Knew
she was a rebel from the very first time
I
happened upon her on Facebook.
From
her pictures of Dylan and Springsteen
And
don’t forget Joan Baez and Patti Smith.
“Something
there is about you that strikes a match in me”
That’s
a Bob Dylan line and it’s something I believe she’ll
Understand
as I pray she appreciates my self deprecating
Sense
of humor and doesn’t hold my persecution complex
Too
firmly against my unguarded frame.
I’m
guessing cuddling with her would be like cuddling with
A
being that is not afraid of being human and believes in
Showing
off their soft side because there’s nothing wrong
With
the vulnerability of a beating, lusting heart
I
wish we could get on a bus and ride through Taiwan and
She
would show me the sights that tourists never get to see
Because
what’s the point of lowering your guard and showing
A
mere stranger the inner workings of your most private and prosaic
Topography?
Knew
she was cut from a different cloth from the very first time
I
paid her a compliment and she didn’t recoil like a shrinking
Violet.
I prefer to meet people who can teach me a thing or two or three
Or
four thousand about everything under the sun and I knew Michelle
Chang
was one of those people the first time she sat me down and gave me
A
good talking to.
Charles Cicirella
10/14/16
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