august
hudson, ny
-
her

somehow i felt okay
as we sat there together.
she returned from
outside,
stargazing probably.
they started a quiet game
that lasted forever
and i wrote her a love poem
which she responded to.
then i looked his way.
i grabbed a sticky note
and wrote a poem for him,
too.
less of a poem and more
of a note about
how good it was to be
around him.
my laugh, which i hated,
finally felt good
and his jokes were my favorite.
so there it was,
i'd said something
about the feelings i kind of
didn't want to admit.

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