Morning Kiss

Romantic Poetry

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I kiss you

before you wake

but if it the kiss itself that wakes you

then is the kiss before or after you wake?

A conundrum — a big word for predawn dark

If you were coffee awake you’d have punched me by now

I know this, because I know you

but you aren’t awake since you don’t punch me

(ipso facto?)

then you prove I’m right about all of this

by kissing me back, then kissing me again

now not-so-suddenly our kisses become the important thing

and I stop talking so we can kiss more…