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January 12, 2011
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i had meant to look at you
when you were talking
i really had
but i was thinking of so many things
had i looked at you
perhaps i would have seen
that you didn’t want me to answer
perhaps i would have kept my mouth shut
had i looked
i would have held you
with my eyes
i would have stared and stared
until my expression mirrored yours
or complemented it
which might have been a comfort
but my words, tepid and disjointed,
made you turn away
and when i looked at last
you were gone
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