because you’re gorgeous

...."I would like you to be me," he said,
....clasping me with all possibility,
....as if my ego would collapse
....without the aid of a demolition crew.
....His smile would be enough.
....I suggested that "we can be us instead,"
....in a way that denied conversion
....(something transparent in his eyes).
....In some ways, when our worlds collide,
....I half expect customers to give witness.
....It happens daily, this.

you tore away my shirt?