I thought about the tiny brown wrist that had worn that diamond watch ( Read more... )

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I want the careful eyeliner,
and agonizing over the menu,
and the holding hands - the sweat of that -
and the running across crowded lanes of traffic,
and the "one drink more",
and the stories that still feel so new,
and the backseat. Oh the backseat.

"I wanted to get to Luckenbach by sundown,
but the cops in west Texas had other plans".

I think of him watching me,
counting the days that I mourn and the days that I don't.

I hope he realizes there are not days that I don't.

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"Yes, I wear foundation.
Yes, I live with a man.
Yes, I'm a middle- aged fag.
But I know who I am, Val. It took me twenty years to get here. And I'm not gonna let some idiot senator destroy that.
Fuck the senator, I don't give a damn what he thinks."

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