slide

an easy weekend evening 

slides on by

the reclining sunbathers and

the wild children leave the 

pool in a sloppy happiness

that smells of chlorine 

and spf 30

out-of-state license plates

take up all of the good 

parking spots, except for

mine because I haven’t left

since Friday

caffeine, poetry and a little

guitar playing got me through

most of the time, thoughts of

someone special filled up all

the rest

some things you just don’t let

slide on by like the others,

some things have to be

held... tightly

  the sun is gone now

  but night’s becoming

  a new beautiful

  I slide over a little bit

  and make room for

  her absence

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