#252
I wasn’t born to
follow rivers. I mistake
clarity for ease.
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#253
Sometimes we ate
dinner in the Super Kmart.
Each time was a “treat.”
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#254
She said, “You are the
girl I’m kind of in love with.”
Kill ’em with kind ofs.
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#255
I cried over a
Titanic preview, and took
it out on Celine.
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#256
Seriously
considering adding Facebook
“pokes” to my number.
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#257
I was born to
follow rivers, to dream my way
into existence.
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#258
You don’t work this way, I’ve
found. Not yet anyway.
I keep dreaming still.
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#259
You sent a postcard
from Belize . It’s the one thing
from you I can touch.
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#260
I don’t often though.
I fear I’ll ruin its realness
with my clinging.
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#261
I sleep with men who
have girlfriends and gym memberships.
I dream of you.
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#262
I sleep with women
on couches, anti-depressants.
I dream of sleep.
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#263
You ask if I’m Yaqui.
I want to say, No, but
I’m aqui for you.
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#264
I ask if you think
of me. You say, Always always.
My love doubles.
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#265
You said, All I ask
is that you save me a piece
of your heart’s real estate.
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#266
I said I would, but
feared, secretly, that you’d build
an amusement park.
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Oh, Anna. Sometimes I laugh, often I cry, always I look forward to your next haiku. Once again, you conquer. I can’t find words to express how 261 makes me feel.