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Southern Boy

A small house in the back woods With an overgrown tree house - he's a southern boy. We watch a kid ride a bucket Attached to a skateboard, and we laugh Into the wind and walk our way Towards a sunset. You say this is the place This neighbor and that neighbor Argued over, so it's no one's But it's everyone's. Besides that tree Right there, which is strictly off limits So we plop our butts by the water And stare into the sound, Admiring the shells of your childhood Memories staring back at you Like the time you were sixteen Cruising on an ankle-biting scooter And we make out as if the bulkhead Is a run-down gymnasium bleacher. We stare into the sky as if it's our first time, Comfortable and happy, just feeling right While the sun slowly sinks into the water And the sky blazes us a bonfire, While I slowly sink back into you.
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May 16, 2021
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