(from my collection 'A Distilled Spirit)
'perils of greasy calamari'
he didn't so much kiss her from across the bar
than he devoured her face;
the calamari i'd just eaten
tasting even greasier on my tongue.
i swear if he kissed her one more time
i'd push my fingers down my throat.
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