love
she inadvertently called
me Jimmy
in the throes
of passion,
her last boyfriend's name,
but things
were going well, so i said
nothing,
and we continued
on.
i let it go.
finally
it ended with me
rolling away.
what's the matter
she said.
nothing, nothing at
all, but
i'm not Jimmy, i'm Joe.

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