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YES
or:
maybe just a little
(only for the space of one betrayal-)
your fists oddly
stamped
potential hazards
pretty but not beautiful
finally in focus
or close enough to reach out and-
your hands
folded neatly and put away
odd
hard
finally slipping into some semblance of recognition
your pattern of breathing
crunches like glass across this divide
a gulf
a canyon
an eternity
secondhand
touch felt only as gasps
pretty but not
beautiful.
(rough knuckled)
there is a slight buckling in the frame of things
small tremors
watching
only from the corners of rooms.
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