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Quixotic Tendencies

perspiciens's picture
Submitted by perspiciens on July 23, 2008 - 11:34.

Your hand in mine
Sends shivers down my spine
As you reflexively grab it
When I squeeze your sides

Your long fingers
Are the right length
To properly clench my knee
And make me squirm

Our shoulders together
Comfort me
After a long day of work
From hanging out with you

Side by side
In the puked on
Food-stained
Schoolbus seats

No better way
To ride back
To the college
As the sun sets

From the first moment
There on the soccer field
It was clear to me
What could happen

I just
Never thought
Four weeks
Would be enough

And it really
Shouldn't be
But somehow
It is

And then I'm reminded
That you're leaving
In one week
And all my dreams disappear

Special's picture

oh my gosh, what

Submitted by Special on July 23, 2008 - 15:43.

oh my gosh, what happened?
this is my favorite of yours, it's very piercing. i feel a certain depth of heart behind it. simply beautiful.
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