Any lover of mine
must be vulnerable
and wear it like a badge of honour
They must speak to my skin,
and wait for the answer,
never sleeping
They may smoke if they list
kissing me with a bitter tongue
so I remember
Their arms are to be my asylum
my windbreak, my lodging —
but never a wall.
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