Table Manners                                                   


            Until you wiped the corners of your mouth
            Folded the napkin and
            Excused yourself
 
            I hadn’t realised
            That even the lightest gentlest
            Tenderest caress
 
            Would cause a wound
 
            No matter how delectable


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            Emanuel E. García, Leaf Thoughts, One Hundred Poems2013

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