xxvii→denial

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the story of how--

the world continued while i hesitated
we were standing in a stream
while the water rushed past my skin
carrying away everything

except for the place right beneath my feet
that waited with me
it may have been an eternity
before i next glanced around

and the ocean where we were standing
was now drier than the sahara

and you were gone
and so i supposed
was i

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