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she said she’s better than sex
than the guys leaning in
her ear
out at night, with her coaches
in skin tight leather.
I said
Honey, you’re just a girl and all the photos you almost share are just girl centerfolds.
She said she knows how to
make a man stay in the morning
make a man fix her breakfast
at a stranger’s hole in the wall.
Honey, when your face circles the drain
your name goes too
and your heart says look at what I am, you turn over your pillow from that unfamiliar scent, well you’re just a girl.