Puerto Vallarta sounds nice...

quaint and a pleasant little read, like an immoral sun waking you from an afternoon nap.

Why thank you, Mr. Townend. Grateful for the feedback. :)

Nice job Disco Pirate.

:)

Thanks Vi. :)

I think it's lovely, there's a certain sadness to it but it brings a melodic tone to it and this seems grounded. Very honest, for the record, Puerto Vallarta sounds beautiful. :)

Pleasure to have you round, madam, and thank you. :)

I love the litany of thoughts this poem provokes. Clean and clear, using the absolute minimum of words to create such a devilishly insightful piece. I have rarely seen such a simple story used so thoughtfully.

Honored, sir. Thank you. :)

a delightful read if i do say so myself.yeah it was short in words, but big in imagery ...
nice !!

Why, thank you, Eamon; privileged. :)

The third stanza:

she knows me better than most
and she gets more of my respect
than most

seems a little awkward with the two "than most"s.  Unless the reiteration is a style thing maybe you could change it by taking out the first "than most."  Just a thought...

On the other side of it, this little poem was wonderful.  I think LA had the perfect description.  It's power is in its simplicity.

Thank you, Pierre, for your attentions to the poem but yes, the reiteration was intentional and I think I'd like to leave it as is. Thanks for dropping in. :)

i guess we all have those mistakes that are so worth making

I'm counting on it. :)