he stumbled up the hill
with a pail of warm beer
with his lovingly idiom-encumbered
bitch behind.
"clean," he said, "but unkempt.
i like how the frizz buzzes out
from your frayed pig-tails."
"i love you too," she said.
"though stained with piss
you short-pants may be."
then they embraced in spite of the pail
and proceeded to slide down the rock-face.
my, what a bloody mess.