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Amanda and Evan Move to Colorado

Penn Station is a nightmare,
but I hear your voice in my ear.
It rains big in the Meadowlands and
when we get off too early you pick us up.

Immediately there are introductions and laughter.
Suddenly there is a dog on my lap
and tacos I can't eat. There are boxes to move
to the garage. We mix rum with coke.

I lose some minutes later in the night
when we walk the dogs down the street.
The walls are yellow so we paint them
white with wide strokes.

There are gaps of time in which
I am sitting or walking.
Sometimes I'm thinking about
how we became friends.

On Sunday parents and brothers arrive
carrying cold cuts and mayonnaise made with
olive oil. You and I pack up the kitchen,
move couches and make jokes.

On Sunday we go home. But the two of you
in three cars and a moving van are moving to make a life in Colorado.
-Hannah

Shadows cast sideways
Flatten buildings into backdrops
A movie set
Relating life to a created experience

How many times have we based
Our real experiences
Compare like or as
Something seen on a screen

Looking through a monitor at
The scene right in front of me
Its clearer when its framed
It is clearer when planned

Behind the lens of a camera
All hours of the day revolve 
-KM