Object Permanence

once upon a time

things stayed as they were

when you made a thing

it stayed that way forever

once there were things

and they stayed as they were

we have gone from that time

how young we were

which face is yours

it’s an old photograph

and I can’t tell now

it doesn’t matter

here my face is here

and here is yours

I forgot who stood between us

(2022)

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