The Sweetest Boys

The Sweetest Boys

From the first time I met you,

I knew that you were special,

In your love for the sweet boy I was

Falling in love with, in your love

For the one for whom I’ve

Completely fallen.

And I fell for you too,

Sweet boy:

For the easy purrs that filled

Whatever room you inhabited:

For the way your body filled

Our hands as if custom fitted:

Plumpest lizard conqueror,

Filet mignon demander,

Front window observer,

Refrigerator watcher,

For the way you sleepily filled

Our slumbering spoon-spaces:

For the way your squeaky meows

Filled us up with giggle-faces:

Milk slurper,

Between-calf slitherer,

Delta blanket humper,

Fancy rug destroyer,

For the way your big belly filled

All space between spine and ground:

For the way you claimed my chair

And our hearts with love in a round.

Hole digger,

Luna-girl defender,

Pally protector,

Our-hearts’ owner,

Fearlessly loved lover

Of the one I love.

From the first time we saw you

          Until the very last,

We’ve known you are special,

You amplify our us,

          Sweet boy:

          Always-still filling

          Our space,

Filling our hearts:

         My sweetest boy’s

         Sweetest Boy:
                 Sweetest boys together.

                 

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