sophie-herzingWhisper

German

Sunday MorningFor me, you are Sunday. Today is Sunday, / and tomorrow will be Sunday. Because I am stuck / in gingham yellow sheets, small white saucers

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Jan 27, 2016

The Things I Shouldn't Have DoneWe used to sit in your parent's basement / with your two dogs on their little beds / in the corner by the old desktop computer,

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Jan 11, 2016

Wanting to StayYou asked if I was going to stay, I nodded, / but I'm just waiting here until your coffee cools, / until your feet go numb from sitting on them

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Jan 7, 2016

Second DatesWe ate chicken sandwiches, mine / no bun, at a table with an 80's / geometric design on top of two silver

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Jan 6, 2016

Out in the GarageI must have been at least eight years old / when I started playing doctor in my garage, / using long gardening tools as skeletons

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Jan 2, 2016

ColoringIt was May, but we drove out to the shore / anyway in my big sweater and purple / cotton scarf wrapped around my neck,

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Dec 31, 2015

When a Person Becomes More Than a PersonIf you were to come to me in the form / of a paper person linked by the knuckles / of other paper people, I would decorate

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Dec 29, 2015

YogurtMy peach yogurt tastes like your skin / in the morning when you used to stay / at my apartment, the leftover sweat

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Dec 21, 2015

SwimmingYou dipped into me like a pool / you hadn't swam in all summer, a hole / in the back of your mind you almost forgot

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Dec 15, 2015

FamiliarWe killed the lights and found / the way to each other’s lips like magnets / who had been denied their center of gravity

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Dec 8, 2015

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