Stir Fried

"I just finished cooking
and I need to take a shower... smell of smoke.
Good night and sweet dreams, my dear,
missing you and thinking of you...
Love you,
Lilies"

I was sitting here thinking,
how lucky to be that smoke
clinging to your body and masking your scent.

Then I realized
that you would soon wash it away,
down the drain would go that smoke.

Although it had been fortunate,
with that chance to cling and be with you
in the shower,
it would be doomed as you lathered, scrubbed,
and rinsed.

Now I am glad that I am not that smoke.
When I shower with you, and cling tight,
I will let you scrub me all you want,
you can lather and rinse me too,
and I will not let go as long as you still desire
my touch.

I love you Lilies
Thinking of you,
and missing you, too.

By Michael A. Crane, Jr.
Original Version: March 10, 2001
Version 4: November 29, 2002
Some stanzas adjusted for consistency across devices: June 22, 2019
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