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on the first encounter

Written by

Fatima Zaghloul

in

,

We were talking about the past and you invited

me in for a cup of tea. Coffee preferred, I just

need to make that clear. We were talking and

the water went cold, which is to say I missed

you very much. Cool jokes, ocean floor.

I went on a trip to the Bahamas. There were birds.

I mean, yeah, the sun was glaring and I wanted you.

I wanted you more than sun, then I walked across the beach.

I gathered sand in the loose threads of my jeans.

I gathered sand for an album, “Untitled.”

I gathered and I sought and I tried.

I found your face.

You were unwinding as all tight things were

and I wondered if I could creep a look at you.

Cracked headlights and all.

cracked windpipe, the words

stripped right out of you,

like you weren’t always

a signal blaring.

Everything was cracked. damaged. FRAGILE

typed and printed, lodged like self-exfoliant.

Scattered like glass. Fine print.

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