OLD LOVE

You misunderstand me: I do not

love peaches. I ridicule peaches.

Perhaps you can’t do that. But I do

scoff at them. May I do that. I may.

As for bicycles

and cheesecake: you are correct–

I would sacrifice anyone in the world

to have bicycles and cheesecake (other

than Faye, of course.)

And yes, I do like nougat. It’s a fine

word, a good word, a naughty word

a word that–

It doesn’t matter. Now I am thinking

of Faye. For her, I would do anything–

the rest may go.

watercolor by faye hunter

CRISPY FLOTILLA