"New" Student

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"New" Student

Hello,

Do I know you?

Yes,

I vaguely remember you.

I saw you at the library,

Once.

But you are just a pale silhouette

In my memory.

Your face is dimmed by the books

I ecstatically picked up.

But now that you are here,

In front of me,

I remember your face,

Slightly younger,

And the way you tilted your head

When reading book descriptions.

Your hair was shorter

And curlier

But I know that's it's you

From the way my face burns,

How my stomach becomes a terrible trapeze artist,

Falling again and again

Needing the net each time,

And how my throat closes

Each time I see you,

Desperately trying

To keep me from saying something stupid.

Yes,

I remember you.

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