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Fingers and Toes

Citrus smells of childhood

Lemon, orange, grapefruit

Tasted through the car windows – Open

Open…

Letting March’s warmth in

As waves of the Arizona desert air

Come crashing against my cheeks.

My heart skips beats of joy

As the little girl plays hop-scotch

Skipping on one foot,

Then the other.

In black patent [...]

Girls…

Wyatt Earp

…watch out

for graying men

with big hearts,

handlebar mustaches,

red satin sheets,

leopard skin chaises,

and

mirrors on the ceiling.

They’ll come at the strangest

time in your life,

and steal your heart away

never asking for

very much in return.

And every time your

heart [...]