Sweetheart.

the boy
was
bad news
and she
knew that
but it just made her
want him
even more.

just like her
mother,
she was
always
going after
the rough ones

the boy
was known
to be
a bastard
a badass
a real
fucker
and
she wanted him

someone
like her
father
who raised her
with one fist in
her jaw
and one fist
clutching his
drink

a real
man's man

so he took her
to the dance
and she looked
so beautiful
and he wore
his finest
suit
and he looked
so handsome

and afterward
he drove her home
and walked her to her door
and kissed her
on the forehead

and went home.