Romance

When

you are super-aware

of how your skin feels

that extra pull

beneath your chin

like a depressed sail

or sad old elastic

how your eyes leak

in every kind of weather

how your arms

well

you pull on your sweater

as your old man walks by

grabs your ass and says

sexy wife

then

you remember

#18 of 30 Poems in November to benefit the Center for New Americans. Today’s theme is ROMANCE.