for you, old friend

reading richard siken and sappho

i trace your name in between the folds of the pages

the place where the words have ended

yet emotion still rings

i dog-ear the moments that remind me of your lips

i've touched them many times— in my dreaming

did you know you taste like blood,

and strawberries?

it’s been a long time since i’ve known you

you’re still in my mind

now a symbol

something to write and feel

to think of

whenever i taste metal on my tongue

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