The Marriage

by Timothy Liu


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​You knew I had no choice
but to take the couch

and here you are

in my arms how much longer
will it take

for me to come

as I squirt more silicone lube
into my fist

you staring up into my face

as I straddle your hips
your eyes never looking

more luminous

there there you know that
kind of contorted look men get

with beads of sweat

starting to pool in their backs
only this time I can’t

quite get over the time it will take

to get another running start
when I could collapse

and be done with it all.
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Timothy Liu's latest books of poems are Down Low and Lowdown and Luminous Debris, both out from Barrow Street.