I see the imprint of you on the white towel<\/p>\n
above planks neatly squared off.<\/p>\n
This would be where we last uttered our meanest words.<\/p>\n
Nothing saved us from centuries of terrible curses and omens.<\/p>\n
Our mothers even led us to the day<\/p>\n
where both our chairs are completely<\/p>\n
lonely and empty, the plants we tended<\/p>\n
suffering the same fate.<\/p>\n
The grey outside reflects the walls of social<\/p>\n
injury, where nothing is quite what it appears to be.<\/p>\n
The hedges hid our smug insurance of privacy<\/p>\n
with bright green normality. We treasured those moments<\/p>\n
that we now condemn. I remember your secret smile<\/p>\n
as you turn away to stir your drink<\/p>\n
with a small delicate finger.\u00a0 I clumsily clink my ice cubes<\/p>\n
in a noisy semi-circle<\/p>\n
interrupting our narcissistic thoughts briefly.<\/p>\n
There are small beads of sweat on your forehead.<\/p>\n
I believed it could go on forever.<\/p>\n
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