Kiss me and you will seehow important I amsaid Sylvia Plath which is exactly what happenedwhen you saw the woman you’d marryat that party you almost didn’t go toand kissed her later that evening
you lived with herfor years and years and had your ups and downsalthough a lot more ups than downs
and if your ups were not as high as some people’s upsyour downs are not as low as theirs
and you made and spent money but somehow managedto make a little more than you spentand you put that aside for years and yearsuntil you had enough to stop work altogetherand travel and sleep as late as you wantedand eat out more than you used toand stay up later than you used to becauseyou could sleep as late as you wanted
and…
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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, May/June 2022