Lilli Manis, from ‘i am staring into space’
there’s a girl I knew. her name was Lilli and she would have turned 20 today.
that’s all there is to say, I guess.
And in this twilit midpoint,
where memory is too distant for comfort
and anticipation still too faint
I wrap it like a poem tightly around my shoulders,
wincing at the taste of undeveloped songs
that fill my mouth to overflowing
If you see something at the corners of my face
it is intention
to free these tangled words
and mend my well-worn dream
and maybe next time it rains
to stand outside and get twice as wet
to make up for all the times when I’ve forgotten
and put future above laughter.
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