old photo

Tonight, I saw a picture of the last time

we sat and talked

We did not know it was our last time

and that soon

I’d race through the night across six states

to listen to last breaths

If we knew it was our last time would you

have consented to a hug

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We sit the same way, talk around the issue

and struggle with affection

They said that after I left you went down stairs

tried to get in someone’s car

And then you walked away into the night trying to leave

they found you cold

and alone near the woods, I like to imagine

you were looking for me

8-22-20