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when I heard your voice
your every syllable rang with the truth of the moment
and my heart leapt as though you had handed me
the key to heaven, not simply asked me to ice cream.

it was one of those days
when the hue of the sky is nostalgic
and I could sprawl on the fresh earth and let grass
spread over me

a wild strawberry growing over my heart

and if you are very very quiet
you could lie beside me
and we would grow old together.

your call was all it took
to shake me free of soil
and send my mind’s eye to the evening

where I could see the two of us
covering our lips in melting ice cream
and laughing and laughing
and staying young together, you
and me.