Kiwi Candles
‘Baby,’ I called to him, ‘I’m back.’ The apartment seemed to be empty, no lights on, o sound from the TV, I was starting to think he wasn’t here. I smiled, standing in the door of our room looking at him, asleep on the bed. I dropped my bag quietly to the floor and approached him. I kissed his cheek, ‘my sexy baby.’ And he was, I liked when he dressed in his sweats with his wifebeater and hat, I kind of emulated his style on this hot day in Oakland, I was wearing dark blue shorts, and a...