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Amanda Stoddard
Poems
May 2018
Gustatory
I spend too much time
pressing my worries
against the roof of my mouth-
I am surprised there is anything left of me.
My tongue acts too quickly
seems I cannot keep up
or shut up.
I am spilling these secrets
from between my lips
as if they are my savior.
please remind me
what unchapped lips taste like.
remember me in the heat of it all.
I lie to myself
because it feels
the way you did.
reminds me who to come back to.
why am I holding on to a lost soul?
why am I stuck inside this echo chamber
of apologies as if I wrote them myself.
the backs of my teeth
have gaps in between
and I realize I am more broken than whole.
I don't remember what you taste like anymore-
so I lie to myself as a reminder.
But it's never quite the same.
and I never will be either.
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Amanda Stoddard
United States
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