65. soot (dreams are deceptive)

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You ran up
The bridge with no lake
With a pink dress shirt
I watched you from the opening
Staring, wondering,
Anxiety-facing

Tugging on the sleeve of my mother,
I asked her to take a photo
Of me and you
She complied

Calling your name
On the bridge with no lake
You turned and saw
A girl with her mother,
The latter speaking a foreign language
Then asking you if you could take a photo with her daughter

Hands on the side of my arm
And head on your stomach
You smiled, and I did
And you spoke,
And I heard you
Yet also
Didn't.

It was a dream.

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