there we were in a hotel room
alone & together
a rare & precious thing
me watching you
take out those shoes
cork platform soles with long white cloth straps for your ankles
& as you carefully put on each shoe
wrapping & unwrapping
to get them just right
i wondered if you knew
when you bought them
that this would fill my chest
& now that this moment is behind us
when you are putting on those shoes
do you pause thinking of me
a man carrying that memory
beneath the surface of his skin
itching to untie those shoes
slipping them from your feet only
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