The Right Man (Poetry)

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The right man makes anything, everything, crazy fun:

Cleaning the car, washing the dog, rolling handmade tortillas

From freshly ground masa, eating tuna from the can.

The right man makes you smile as the goodness beams out of him,

From the warm, salty core inside. Who cares if he can’t dance?

I laugh like a naughty girl when he drops his Carhartts,

Like he’s dropping the weight of the world at his feet.

I laugh at his commando butt, then at his perplexed, wrinkled frown

As I coach him on the right way to give himself a shot back there.

Nurses know these things. We’re never wrong.

And I really hope I’m not wrong about him.