I ran away before anything wicked happened

Why can’t every choice just be a choice?

Long before I came along

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and looking a great distance, knowing

He didn’t think of history. Hoped

Because I didn’t go to her

or synonymous with do you love me now that

I think I want to know what you want

in my dreams, sometimes in my waking.

Again he laughed but sat so still as he spoke

Always there

I will honor—& always—

Then jinxed another

Breathing deeply

and I am one of those—a ghost, singing.