A Reminder to Men

11/2/18

She does not owe you
Anything.

You will not use us
For our empathy
For our compassion
For our self-control
and selflessness.
It is not our duty to
Help you piece yourself
Back together
After the last one
Finally, finally (!)
Got tired of your shit.

-Sarah Clinton

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When I Had to Admit I Loved You (But Not To You)

10/29/2018

For the first time in years,

I caught myself praying.

Not for the Lord to help me

Possess, enchant, or enthrall you,

No.

I did not ask

That you fall hotly, madly, irrevocably

In love with me,

Though I imagine that would

Feel something like a warm rain

Kissing the dry, hard earth

During my favorite spring thunderstorms

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It Works Every Time

10/22/18

Silence my fears

With your tongue

And banish my insecurities

With those sinfully deft fingertips

Which trace the language of

Your desire

Around my hips and

‘Cross the curve of my lower back

Again and again…

Just make love to me, darling.

That’s when all is right with the world.

-Sarah Clinton

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This One Thing

10/22/2018

Rest assured, love,

I am not frightened of

The depth of your pain

Your darkness

Does not scare me.

Just promise

You won’t offer me

In exchange

To the demon who

Keeps driving needles

Into your heart from afar.

-Sarah Clinton

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