Love Letters To Detroit — Medium

Collection edited by Charles Dorton

A Long Way From Detroit Public

Paws, feet, alpha predators stand next to each other.

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The Foot

Love Letters To Detroit I always wrote, that’s the alchemy of an empty shelf, learning to entertain myself, and conjure wealth from the kitchen counter. Or the cupboard, the linoleum floor, hard wood dining table, chandeliers made out of glass and dreams for all I know of… from the pots and pans of a filthy kitchen— I’m at the table to pay rent. I sit playing the black against the white, metaphorically disadvantageous in this game of chess.

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Boast

Love Letters to Detroit

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No Looking Back

So far apart for so long We need to make love as though the others don’t matter Always like we’re the only ones Hands on your hips, and holding you close Lips on lips and close, hot kisses Like warm water dripping through cold sweat Treat your skin like the finest silk Gentle nibbles, as you undress Or as I undress you Kisses placed on your nipples And hands artfully explore your body A caress of stress, soft but flexed To part your legs and feel my warm hand To see my warm smile And know warm…

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The Last

Love Letters to Detroit

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I

Love Letters Introduction.

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Miles to Go

Love Letters to Detroit

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Sunrise/Sunset

Love Letters To Detroit

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