Shaun Johnson
the reflecting of you
look at her
her eyes
can’t you
anymore
take
a look at her
she
in her red dress
and her packet of cigarettes
you with
your eyes
over there
these slow
movements
and her in her red dress
looking through
a catalogue
of cigarettes
with her
fingers bent
into the
dress patterns
and her eyes
watching the models
their hands
on their hips
their fingers bent
the patterns
of their eyes
like the movements
of fingers
inside dresses
of fingers
gripping cigarettes
their eyes on their hips
to the movement
of the patterns
and she with her catalogue eyes
their hands
on their lips
and their hips
and their eyes
and inside her red dress
as she stands
with her fingers bent
holding a cigarette
and its smoke curls
in the movement of her shape,
her catalogue hips
the grip of her lips
the shape of her eyes
she with movement
and a look in the direction
of the road
the bend of the street
its curves
in the movement of her
the grip of her eyes
as she watches
she taking the shape
of her eyes
and her brow reflecting light
like the road
its grip
the bend of the street
the movement of her curves
her red dress
shaped to the grip of her
and her packet of cigarettes.
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