Muthoni - From Kenya
We used to wait outside
at the girls rooming house
by the Ohio in Cincinnati
Sex does not self heal
Nor does the salamander
we trapped under the moss
We always said
We'd die together
At daybreak
We knew better
Love does not always
fill the heart
On rainy nights
It kills the heart
The noon at the clinic
shall remain our secret
The long recovery
Bittersweet
We woke this morning
To our failed romance
Your boyfriend from Somalia
He was right
Some women are exotic
Like goldfish
only less slippery
Always out of reach
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