Her patient smile lays lightly on her lips

as though painted by Davinci, the Mona Lisa

the original

Nikki.

Her solitude has invited a boy in

and she trusts him to

disappoint and worry her.

Her days disappear into him,

and she need not worry about

being the one

in trouble

this time.

Lithely, with the grace of a Goddess,

she places her flaxen tresses 

about her shoulders, and

smiles to think

that SHE is the one that he loves

CLR 2011

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