Skin

He came in, half light on light skin 

Wearing linen, nice man, real thin, hair thick 

I watched him from behind a shelf, like I was 

Ten years old, all over again 

One freckle on the cheek bone, alone, smiling 

But alone, bargaining, laughing with the old woman 

Just bought his first home, on wheels

Catches me, staring, it's no big 

Deal, except I fall in 

Love with everyone I meet these days 

It doesn't pay, to ask a stranger's name 

When you'll never see him again 

I laugh when he laughs, hoping that I can magically 

Attract, what he is putting out 

It's just a ten dollar bill, and some good will 

In exchange for a piece of cheap leather 

Leaves before I can say a word 

It's been like a few minutes 

Feels like years, I go outside to watch him  

And turn back in, half light on my hot skin.