She

United States Navy
Petty Officer Third Class
She still wears her pea coat

She wants to tattoo her father’s initials on her hand
When he dies
Her middle name remains a mystery

Her long brown fingers
Fixed a chain saw
Cracked a lock

She wants to go to Australia
She wants to go everywhere
Anywhere

She wants to build a cobb house
And raise chickens and goats
She can grow the hell out of tomatoes

Her laugh sounded like liquid joy
Her voice carries that native lilt
That melted me

The scent of her skin was intoxicating
She was always warm and soft
And strong

The sound of her heavy footsteps
Still echos in my ears
She hugged me with her whole body

She somehow knew I liked mermaids
She said I didn’t know her
And then she broke my heart


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