(Bad)
Poem with Bad Part
The woman in teal
is beautiful.
Her skin is olive,
a term of whose origin
I am not certain.
Muscles toned,
just-so
breasts, she wears
sneakers without
socks, perhaps because
she is confident.
I’ve changed
my mind; she is tan,
not olive, though her eyes are green
and her sunglasses—this is
the bad part—are pushed
back onto her head.
When I look up
she has been replaced
by a man whose beauty
is not immediately apparent.
I look for her, but she’s gone
on with her life & latte, and so
has he for that matter, leaving me
with only my face reflected
onto a pane of glass
to stare at, disappointed.
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