flashlight tag

from if it moves kiss it by young adult fiction

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everyone i've ever known
was in my dream last night
the strangest crowd of the strangest people
when i opened my mouth to speak
the words stuck to my teeth
like caramel, pulling out a filling
so i couldn't say hello
and i wandered long and slow
between bodies arms and legs like treacle
"december lasted six months
so this next round's on me"
said luis, embracing charlie

so i couldn't tell them
just how happy i was to see
their flushed faces and their colors
i took one last look as i turned to leave
because seeing them beside each other there
i didn't want to change a thing
i took one breath and held it in

as i step out the door
the world spins, and then slows
and then there they were, all of them as children
some playing flashlight tag
some burying a map
of how to get back here, maybe, they wouldn't tell me

evelyn flew by
with a dragon fly
in her excitement she almost crashed into me
tom let out a cry
waving a pocket knife
but with that smile on his face no one believed him

and of course they couldn't see
that in an instant this will be
just distant smells and memories
scars on knees and chlorine
wearing capes made out of sheets
waking up in the back seat
stories nobody believes
jumping through a pile of leave
the fear of swimming out too deep
why would you ever want to sleep
when there's all this to see?

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i'm a wrist without a pulse, love without vows
i'm the bright lights of an airplane caught inside a cloud
i'm a little kid who's prematurely sewing their own shroud -
if you were anything like me you would be half a world away by now

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from if it moves kiss it, released April 29, 2022

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