I thought about her beauty
like a Bougainvillea with thorns.
I thought about her beauty
like a matador facing horns.
I thought about her beauty
and I’ll tell ya this:
I’ll deal with all of that
after one more kiss.

Peter Bray is a member of the First Tuesday Poetry group. This poem was an Honorable Mention at the 2017 Benicia Love Poetry Contest.

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