little kindnesses

by Derek Kittle

love breathes in fantasy

but it eats the mundane

soft

open

free

the days make me forget

as if in an opium eater's trance

who are we?

how did things get this way?

let us try to wake

i'll go first

i'll open up my soft white belly

vulnerable to your attack

in return

i only ask for little kindnesses

think of me

what would i like to do

where would i like to go

the best present is for no reason

just think of me a little

when you think of you

BIO: During the first several months of publishing, Derek Kittle's poetry has, or will soon appear in: Melting Trees Review, Poetic Voices (Alden Enterprises), Dream International Quarterly, The Green Tricycle, and Niederngasse, among others. Derek is a 29 year old writer, living in Auburn, Alabama with my wife who is a student at Auburn Veterinary School. In past lives, I have been a lawyer, a soldier, a singer and a cook. Now, I write and prepare to teach. My first children's book, The Adventures of Travel Tiger, is now available through Kudlicka Publishing and at Amazon.com.

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