haitkus about men i've slept with: set seventeen

 XLVIII

sweet as confection,

but not what I needed then.

thank god we are friends. 

L

I thought you were last

I gave everything to you

but stars did not sync

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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haikus about men i have slept with: set thirteen

XXXVIII.
I wanted escape.
Bus rides through the desert; and
just playing pretend.

XXXIX.
Fast, past cafe lights
Freedom, if just on your moto.
Then we broke your bed.

XLI.
Your thick black hair and
my multiple orgasms
were squashed by culture.



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haikus about men I have slept with: set twelve

XXXV.
Its cool to not care.
My voice broke into the phone:
"You aren't a nice guy"

XXXVII.
Kiss me, deep and long
(the iman sent you to me)
once more, inshallah.

XXXIV.
Netflix and take-out.
Your apartment was so dull
I was distracted.


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haikus about men I have slept with: set eleven

XXXI

tall dark and handsome,

oh- your fingers played me like

high school girls in spring.   

     

XXXII

terrible lover:

After, I gave you a chance -

philanthropy fails.

XXXIII

Always wanting more.

my body.- porn.- the bottle;

I was not enough.                    

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Haikus about men I have slept with: set Ten

XXVII

I went out with him-

(and there you were, so mignon!)

I came home with you.              

VII

Your bach and bordeaux...

I was left with bruises on

my heart and body.                  

XXX

My “high school boyfriend”

But ten years later and much

more fun to sleep with              

Haikus about men I have slept with: Set Nine

XIX

It was your birthday:

cheesecake, grass, my thighs and your

condo on St Charles  

               

XXIII

I went to your bed

Despite your girlfriend and

my disdain for you?  

               

XXVI

My Belleville sex-pot,

once I had you in my sights:

inevitable!       






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haikus about men i have slept with, set eight

XV.

American boys

Want to add a lass, but French

boys share with leur pote.

XXV.

When I needed you

In my heart you were there, and

The playhouse sheets too.  

XXVIII.

Face like a dreamboat

And tall slender build- what a

Let down in the end!

haikus about men i have slept with, set seven

XXIX.

In bed you were prime

But real life? Oh Lord please help;

At least you love you.

V.

I don’t regret much,

But taking your body was

way over the line.

XXIV.

You broke my heart

But I would do it over

To kiss you again. 

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haikus about men i have slept with, set six

IV.

We couldn’t have been

more different, in bed or

after gaps of years.

XXII.

I robbed the cradle

and will blame it on the bar

and despondency.

XVIII.

I dressed up for you

In make up lace high heels

And it fooled us both.

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haikus about men i have slept with, set 5

X

You were perfection

on paper, but in real life:

Frustration defined.

XVI

We kissed by the Seine,

But you were such a man-child

it was always doomed.

III

You kissed me so hard

that my lip was bruised; I thought

it was hot back then.

haikus about men i have slept with, set 4

XIII.

It is funny how

We can share so much, quickly,

And then disappear.

XVII.

We were both lonely

And desperate for loving:

Guess you found too much?

IX.

In the hot morning

We kissed, went to the beach:

It was so easy.

haikus about men i have slept with, set 3

XII.

Oh dear, law school boys

Are nothing but such trouble:

Booty call contracts.

XI.

You were my reward-

Your skin and long eyelashes,

Too pretty to last.

II.

I closed my eyes and

Pretended to sleep, hoping

That you would still stay.

haikus about men i have slept with, set 2

I.
Oh, young love is sweet.
Happily ever after?
Not in freshman year.

XXI.
We had cheap champagne
And one night of twisted sheets;
Kissing therapy.

XIII.
The parties were fun.
You were never very smart,
We called you meathead.

haikus about men i have slept with, set 1

VI.

your poems: lovely,

the lies: pathological,

relationship: brief.

XIV.

Bonjour mon cheri,

then vespa rides in Paris,

Tears at a strip club.

XX.

Glowing computer

leads to naughty rendez vous—

suckers fall in love.