A Sonnet of Invented Memories // Miles Walser

[lungsandsyrup]

1.

I told you that I was a roadway of potholes, not safe to cross. You said nothing, showed up in my driveway wearing roller-skates.

2.

The first time I asked you on a date, after you hung up, I held the air between our phones against my ear and whispered, “You will fall in love with me. Then, just months later, you will fall out. I will pretend the

Comments

[postingwhore]

That last line is so powerful.

[iatrogenicmyth]

+1