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2013-03-15T21:38:03-07:00March 15th, 2013|Parenthood|

Things you wish would last

You lay your head
on my head
which is sort of like
trying to get comfortable
underneath a chest of drawers

but your hands are on my cheeks
and your voice is sweet
so I wish only
that it would last

just before you fall asleep
you ask me what p-u-s spells
I tell you
and you laugh

you’re a funny pus, mama

I ask you what you think it means
but you’re already asleep

I lay under your heavy skull for a long time
listening to your breath in my ear
calling on my body
to remember this
forever.

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