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Four Tankas
by John Sheirer
#1
t first sightshe seemed
so slender and delicate
but tonight in my arms
all these muscles beneath her skin
#2
in her personal ad
she seemed so much thinner
but her eyes tell me
that I seemed so much
younger and taller in mine
#3
pretending to read
while watching her read
so sexy
the way her lips
barely move
#4
first date
how charming
the fragment of broccoli
caught in her teeth
all evening
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