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“ I never knew things could be so slow
I could wait so long and be so still
come and go where I want, on your arm
thin streaks of tar spill off your right eye
where my fingers find their way there every night
we sleep side by side, your hands in mine
and when you get here, it’s so nice
it’s just the part where you leave I don’t like
it’s such a happy accident
a note in your sneaker at ten in the morning
and all of my worry that you were offended
and the catch in my breath when you weren’t
It’s like I woke up and got handed a present
and I’m thanking you for it ”