Her name was Annabel
Never.
“Fig”- always
Fig, the first syllable of her four syllable surname
Puerto Rican and hard-working
signed up to the military to see the world
and get out of San Juan.
Smart
savvy
and salty
she knew exactly what was going down
and who was screwing who.
We were a contractor
the Navy our client
blame was transferable and uni directional
the Navy’s mistakes were the contractor’s mistakes
non returnable.
Once when called to the office
Fig arrested me en route
planting a big wet kiss cheekside
“there baby”, she cooed
“ you should always have a kiss before you get fucked.”
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Orphaned Islands (Un)poetry 