Boston
I’m listening to the Yankees because there’s nothing else on
(though to be honest the ads make me feel like I’m home)
this morning I found a poem I’d written for you years ago
I said three years feels like hundreds, you said it feels like minutes
you’re one of those people who’s been on the outskirts of my life
the one time we were together I saw how easy it would be
to jump into the river of you and let it carry me away
I doubt I’m the first person who’s been willing to make the leap
but of course you made sure I stayed safe and dry on shore
I just got back from the doctor, where I found out I gained
ten pounds in the past two weeks, all from stress eating
and now I’m building another raft, looking for another river
13 May 2013
Auburn AL
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