Let’s say, for instance,
that I didn’t love you
that I hadn’t called you
this time last November.
We’ve torn this home
asunder, casting eye rolls
with an eerie silence.
We’re everything we love
about the West Coast
but what’s good for me,
for instance, let’s say
I don’t love you.
And that I never did.
I’d be anyone but me
because I can’t see
what’s beyond the love
I have for questioning
the way I feel about you.
“A sign of forever is in my
back pocket if you’re ready.”

(© 2022 AC)

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