I have a safe kind of fetish
But it is powerful and tugs at me often:
Pale skin the color of milk fresh from the fridge
Does the most unnatural things to me
Everyone who I’ve ever dated has had this
Clorox color…
Except one and she more than Out-Stripped the requirements
She showed me to Have and Have not
Tangents
I think I’ve figured out why…
A redheaded kindergarten lovegirl
When I was young, formative five
Had no bones about liking me
And knowing what she did
When she did, left me breathless
When she held my hand and told
Jokes that only five year olds laugh at
But I never forgot the feel of her skin
Her hand felt like water in Moab, wet melting snow
The third Hershey’s syrup sundae
And rain in July
Eureka
--Griff Campbell
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Eureka, indeed, Griff! What a special memory from long ago that endures. We should all be so blessed.