:: I am not your other boyfriends ::

I am not your other boyfriends

I am not the one
Who stole your heart like a pack of gum
Sliding it up the sleeve of his jean jacket
When the old man at Kim's corner store wasn't looking

I am not the boy who kissed you as hard as he could
In the bushes behind the school
An hour past the time you were supposed to be home
As the sun went down on you
And set
On a
Sweaty
June
Afternoon

I am not the first boy who told you he loved you
Just to get between
Your
Smooth
Virgin
Thighs

I am not the jealous rager
I am not the passive couch potato
I am not a testosterone filled grunting ape

I don't even like sports
And I don't think you look fat in those jeans

I would never think that renting a video
On a Saturday night
Counts as a date with you

I remember your birthday

I know what color your eyes are

I know what size dress you wear
Although, I would tell you
That it's one size smaller
Than it actually is

I… Listen

I am not the man
Who held you back
I am not the man
Who locked you up

I am not the man who grabbed your arm
Or told you
You couldn't do something
Because you were a woman

I am not your father!

I have been the umbrella
Over your head
In the torrential downpours
That keep you in bed

And as each drop of rain
Hit me instead of you
I smiled

Like I was protecting my own child

Or our child
Which may be
If you let me

Be me

And not

Your other boyfriends

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