Tagged: old friends

the recipe for

the recipe for
a delicious birthday must
include all the right

spices – friends, old and new, and
a healthy dose of family
.
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perhaps more

perhaps more
than any of it
all, more than
education and
income brackets,
more than
compatibility and
the stars, more
than all the
coincidences
and preferences,
is the comfort
of shorthand
and shortcuts.
here’s to the
ninety-percent of
the things i don’t
say that still make
their way to you
.
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old friends find a way

old friends find a way
to bump into each other
over and again,

as a gift, a reflection
of the self we wish to see
.
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yes, i get into

yes, i get into
trouble when you are not
home, alternate
universes come
knocking, i
open the door
and let them in,
we’re old friends
.
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you and i are parked

you and i are parked
on the corner of finished
and done, resorting

to old friendship fumes to wrap up
our departures extra neatly
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: resort

crumbs later, we will

crumbs later, we will
not have to pretend where did
it all go? – old friends
.
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back when we used to

back when we used to
exchange letters, everything
was more – like meeting

in grand central this november,
recalling the length of your hair
.
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there is something to

there is something to
childhood friends –
rock, paper, scissors –
agreeing to one-up
each other for the
rest of eternity,
building strength
to face the rest of it all
.
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in two hour’s time,

in two hour’s time,
we are bridging ten years, still
sharing similar

values – a sigh of relief
even as we refine our tastes
.
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this morning, after

this morning, after
19 years, you
reached out
to wish me a
happy birthday
and to let me know
your mother
passed away
yesterday,
age 74,
a heart attack.
two different
milestones along
the same path –
but you knew that
.
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