Tagged: read

now and then, i am

now and then, i am
on the train, watching you read
a book i know is

so good because i’ve already
read it, filling me with envy
.
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for seven stops on

for seven stops on
the L-train this morning, we
read our books, sneaking

in the tiniest expressions
just for each other to translate
.
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you once told me

you once told me
that you quit your
book club of
two because one of you
could never get your stories
straight, reading well
into the night –
no one
ever aims just
shy of fairytale
.
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we are not all mind-

we are not all mind-
readers – don’t hold your breath if
there’s something to say

.
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you don’t need to scan

you don’t need to scan
my heart, line by
line, chew on
each
page, leave
notes in the
margins
to notice
that it’s still
a choose-your-own-
adventure story,
with some endings
more inevitable
.
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somewhere in Phoenix,

somewhere in Phoenix,
Arizona, in the backseat
of a rented sedan,
is a worn
copy of Charlotte’s
Web, lost and never
found during a
coast-to-coast
road-trip, bookmarked
at page 82
for the second
or third time
.
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