MAKE UP SEX

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I forgot to bring a ring 
to your wedding.
When’s Thanksgiving?
That was last year.
Now I wear only fresh gear.
Off-White for my off day.
Burberry rubber boot display.
I see all seven of you.
I bought a dozen of you. 
You’re in a box next to all my shoes.
You picked up a tale from a dime.
Only down for a short time.
Keep your sublime outta my crime.
I’ve been up a tapped line.
Can’t write my own rhymes.
Come peek through my blinds.
Genesis ain’t embarrassed.
I introduced her to your parents.
Claimed your inheritance.
Spent your relevance.
Got bored and called you an ambulance.
Let’s dance to trance.
Can some can’ts.
Curl some lines.
Oh my, Oh my, 
I’ve been up for a long time, oh my
. * 
I’ve got a spiked wrist.
With a straight twist.
Just like this. 
Like that.
Do it my way.  
Because I say. 
On your big day
I found a sway
to mix and match
your man away. 

* Travis Scott (featuring Quevo), Oh My Dis Side, Rodeo (2015)

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About the Author
Matthew Williams

An entertainment lawyer in Washington, DC, Billboard Magazine named Matt a “Top Music Lawyer.” He has published articles on copyright issues in journals at UC Berkeley, Cardozo, UCLA, UNC, and UVA. He was also a practitioner-in-residence at the American University Washington College of Law. He is now attending the Bennington Writer Seminars and writing pseudo-confessional poetry and prose about human interactions, social change, creators, creation, and the Creator.