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By Misti Date: 2004 Jul 25 Comment on this Work [[2004.07.25.23.30.2294]] |
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so we decided to be friends and hope for a happy ending stay in touch with letters and the occasional phone call I bawled for at least five minutes after I hung up the phone looking at old photographs filling up his birthday box with condoms we'll never use the sex cards bought on our first "monthaversary" in Nob Hill and all the cds that remind me of him, of us (more than a third of my collection) Black Sun by Ed Abbey a book of fairy tales rubber ducky pajama pants the blue velvet dress he bought for me at Goodwill I will never forget the karaoke nights at Fiesta's the "Seinfeld" siestas on my futon the lovemaking the aching when we were apart to appease my heart I drove to the post office mailed him a Van Gogh card decorated with a Care Bear sticker then I drove to the airport and watched the Gulf clouds drift by tears streaming from my eyes as I listened to Jimi Hendrix on the mix tape driving away I noticed the Jeep decorated with an eight on its side for forever and congrats and his and her name just married just what I don't need to be but I took it as an omen that's all I have to hope for driving home thinking of my desert lion. |