he made up his own pet name for me
it comes out of him
in a half sigh
but uses his whole breath to draw it out
he coins the phrase
as if it was his from forever
as if I’ll only hear it from his lips
and it lingers with me
the soft tone
like a caress on the cheek
the kind he’ll never give me
because I would never let him get that close

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