Don't walk away, Renee, br I'm just getting warmed up br your body is like a river br and I'm going to swim across br I want to explore the left br bank of you then the right br you're the only woman in br this room with a sunflower br in her hair and you take br forever in the bathroom br making me wait finally you br emerge with a bottle of beer br in one hand an ashtray in br the other and say, "Okay, when br do we start?" you're looking br good tonight Renee with about br twenty-five bracelets on your br left wrist bandages on both legs br an ankle bracelet how I long br to see you wearing nothing but br that ankle bracelet all my poems br are about you tonight Reneebr br David Lehmanbr br