AMEX-ical

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You arrived in your white suit; I peeled back your lapels and made you mine.

Signed on the dotted line

Approved

I ran my fingers across your sleek, shiny chest

My name tattooed just below you in your Spartan vest

Ecstasy came over me the day you gave your CVV to me

Xanthos? No, you’re green

Inseparable. I never leave home without it

Never is my love for you

Declined

I stayed because of you. Corporate America, where creativity goes to die, but each time I tried to leave I had you by my side

Swipe

Not accepted everywhere

It’s your exclusivity that means the world to me

Endless reports. Tedious. Excel frames the story of our ongoing romance. The dinners, the development of my exquisite palate, all at your hands

The bottles of wine, the luxurious cocktails with too many ingredients, the gift cards that I sometimes kept for myself. Everlasting petroleum. The airline flights. Unforgettable, when I finally learned that I could get away with room service, too.

Spoiled me.  Distracted me from my complacency.

It hasn’t been all love and receipts

 I stare at you, you look away

The side profile of a proud Trojan warrior, whose love’s gone astray

 My fingers skip as they graze your digits

Member since 17

Valid thru 07/21