She sends me words in a brown envelope
handwritten, smooth cursive strokes that lean
left to right
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They whisper to me from my nightstand
begging to be read and reread
insistent and tireless.
A song stuck in my head,
splinter in my open palm.
I wait on the shore for your boat,
Without your arms 'round me, I can scarcely breathe
Come, come carry me away,
else I will fade into the sand.
A relic, an empty shell.
What answer would you have, if you could answer at all?
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