wallet_body
tender_square draped chest along thighs,
wrapped arms around knees,
i fetal curl for comfort in distress.
he gathers me into his hands
spreads me soft, thumbs
wishes kept under plastic;
a gallery of longing, long kept.
he pockets the torn half of a ticket
with matching perforations, trades
it for a stub that gives me admittance
into his own museum of yearning.
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