haikus about men i have slept with: set sixteen

 XLVI

My tummy grew round.
You never wrote our story:
unworn baby shoes. 

XXXVI
my tree, my monkey, 
my soul yearns for you still, Love.  
please make the hurt stop. 

XLIX
Running to Lagos, 
Your hands and heart were so big 
we played house a bit. 

haikus about men i have slept with: set fifteen

 XLI
distant oppression-
your bed in America
was so safe and warm. 

XLIV
your skin was like coal
pressed against me on the couch.
afternoon delight. 

XLII
Hazy Haiti days. 
hopes and expectations are
drowned in a highball. 

haikus about men i have slept with: set fourteen

 XLVII
You broke the rules 
so this haiku will too. 
Get fucked. 

XLIII
talk to me, daddy-
then my head and mouth were full :
I felt minuscule. 

XLV
Sunrise on Highland.
Our passion and twisted sheets. 
(was it an affair?)

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