CAULIFLOWER FACE

I saw her cauliflower face,
covered with pockmarks,
over springy skin,
and I knew the rest of her body
had skin with the same texture.

I wanted to kiss her.
With that skin, a little chubby, a little springy.
Her legs with the crenulations of cottage cheese.

I wanted to hold her in my arms,
to have that skin and body against me.

But I knew that that desire was shallow,
that I didn’t know her personality,
and that she was going onwards on the train.
So I left her alone,
My desire to hold her in my arms
unrequited.

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I saw on the train after I got off the red line. A little “springy” was misread as a little “spongy” during transcription, and I considered keeping that but went back to springy.