Oh love me not from an icon of a heart on a screen

I ’ d rather a love born

The Flesh

by T . Jenese Thompson before my eyes , onto ears out of lips

adore me not from an avatar from afar , but up close . Zoom in to the pixels of my neck , the flesh

admire me not from a smart gadget merely by text , touching the screen not me ...

messages aren ’ t heartfelt as sent

by mouth

fingers touch keys not to mine own ‘ eart

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