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I only knew you four of
Twelve years
Found on spoiled raviolis
As wild as ever

For a week you were mine
And in the snow we walked
Searching for a reason
Missing the same people

My foot was bleeding and you
With your easy smile
Licked me clean, as happy as ever
I went to my room and cried

I dreaded the day you'd leave this place
Foolish, I missed the day, now you're gone
-KM

When we passed the great swamp,
I noticed. My dad picked us up in
a gray station wagon with socks
in the back seat.

Out the window the mountains
continue to exist and later in the
black four-door sedan Samson
makes a joke about hiking on the AT.

As a young girl I lived in open space
and now when you and I are together
in the field of purple loose strife and golden rod
I take a photograph.

For when we are back in between
the buildings in the place where you can make it. 
-Hannah