underpants

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THAT'S WHAT HE HAD
she says
A BOX OF UNDERPANTS
BLOODY UNDERPANTS
SHITTY UNDERPANTS
SCRUBBED-CLEAN
UNDERPANTS IN A
MAHOGANY BOX
she says
dragging deeply
off her
Camel Menthol

ALL KINDS OF PANTIES
she says

she had been snooping around
and she found the box
underneath the bed
she says

OH-KAAAY
I say
and take a nip
from my pint

MINE WERE IN THERE TOO
she says
WITH THE QUILTED PANTIES
         THE GRANNY PANTIES
THOSE BIG PANTIES LIKE
         PARACHUTES
     AND
MY THONGS

I GRABBED MY THONGS
she says
OUT OF THAT MAHOGANY
BOX
RAN THE FUCK
OUT OF THERE
AND TOLD HIM
WHAT A
SICK SHIT
HE WAS

HE TOOK IT PRETTY HARD
she says
downing the rest
of her drink
HE SUICIDED OUT
TWO MONTHS LATER

TOO BAD
i say
then move toward her
feeling more the villain

we lock tongues
and my hands move
toward her hips
then lay her down
and sniff
her panties while
she is still
wearing them

quite the miracle

amen

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