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4th & Main

I crossed the sea of stopped cars,

as I stepped onto the street,

I saw you

a ghost – The ghost of the past,

a past like any other, teeming with moments

of silence, and regretful comments.

 

You smiled, it was your happy smile,

– Like your Cheshire cat smile.

and that smile I hadn’t seen in a while.

you held open the door, for me or for you,

but I kept walking, the path interrupted and

our serendipity foiled by the devil’s siren

again.

 

“She thought up I should be with you…

but it’s time to face the truth…

I will never…

be…

with you.” Sang the song playing in my ears.

 

So I looked back, a lonely street, a sad past,

and you…

were gone.

 

I have a confession: I miss you and I have since that day,

that you went to Saturn and orbited away,

and I haven’t seen you since that day,

until today,

and I couldn’t say,

a **** word.

 

But there you were, smiling, holding a door open,

where you really there?

or

was everything in vain

that day on 4th & Main?

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Written by
steven-dorsay-childs
American
Published
May 27, 2013
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Katie Saldutti

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