Walking across the shore
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\n<\/span>your eyes across the table.
\nTo the way your nose crinkles
\n<\/span>as you crack your first smile
\n<\/span>over something funny,
\n<\/span>that probably wasn\u2019t too much so.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>and I turn to not even a shadow
\n<\/span>Of your presence
\n<\/span>Breathing in saltwater
\n<\/span>Wondering why your heart beats just
\n<\/span>a tad faster with her,
\n<\/span>and why you failed to mention it.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>to exchange pleasantries
\n<\/span>with a stranger I\u2019m much less interested in.
\n<\/span>Lately, I\u2019m unrecognizable.<\/span><\/p>\n