Salvatore Difalco

I Arrive In My Voice

Hello, my dear.
You look like cut glass tonight.
You smell like gasoline.
I love it when you smell like gasoline.

Hello, baby.
Are we still married 
to our own self-destructive
self-regard?

Hello, child,
can we still talk on occasion
without starting a five
alarm fire?

Hello, precious.
Tell me you’re tired
of being admired
for being a liar.

Hello, my dear,
I find you simply
irresistible when you’re
combustible as this.

Hello, future blaze.
You remind me of Corvettes
and Tab and glossy magazines
Love it when you smell like gasoline.

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