For a friend

For a moment,

I thought I saw you

in the grocery store parking lot

getting out of your car.

You turned and smiled.

I started to call out your name,

when I remembered

you’ve been gone over a year

and I don’t believe in ghosts

(not even the friendly kind).

But for moment,

I thought I saw you

in the grocery store parking lot

getting out of your car.

You turned and smiled.

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