Pose For Me

Pose for me, be my muse, my love

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But why? So you can highlight

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Your imperfections? Your lines?

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Yes! I don't like those parts

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But why? You earned those marks

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Marks on skin, so very appealing

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Appealing to me - for they show

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That I'm old? Go paint a tree

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Trees are wrinkled and admired

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Sigh... you're an idiot

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I'm your idiot, for better, worse

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Don't remind me - 'til death

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Sit please to the side

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So you can mock my "bulbous nose"?

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You won't let that lie, but no...

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So you can draw attention to

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Your curves and smooth skin? Yes

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I don't always see me like you do

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I know, which is why I'll never stop

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Annoying me? I noticed that...

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No, I'll never stop lifting you up

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When I'm feeling down?

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Yes... flick your hair back, drape it

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Over my tired and weary shoulders

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Your hair that begs to be touched

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Grey and thin, so very appealing

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The way it lies down your flesh

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So pale, pallid and plain, you mean?

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So pearly, pink-flushed and perfect

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So charming

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Pose for me, please, my muse, my love

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You see the me you want to see, the fantasy

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No, my love, I see the real you, the reality

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I'm not a goddess, an icon, or a starlet

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You're beautiful, in spirit, heart and wearing pink

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I'm not really sure about that...

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But I am, so please let me capture your beauty

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And my anxiety and depression, pain and suffering?

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All of it, the good, the bad, the ugly and sad

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And why?

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You're more than just those gorgeous eyes, your luscious long hair, sexy curves and beautiful lips. You make me feel...something, just being there. What's beneath is most important, though, the beauty, the spirit, the heart within you.

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Author's Notes: Self-explanatory mostly. I often will compliment my wife and she will dismiss my compliments. Basically. The "bulbous nose" line is based on once when I described my wife's nose, I used that word. She hasn't stopped bringing it up at random points over more than 21 years together. The "you're an idiot" lines are based on a phrase she has said regularly of me "you're an idiot... but you're my idiot".

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