san francisco poem

I’m just old enough now
To some­times ex­pe­ri­ence a
space when I rediscover
peo­ple I’ve loved

I find them again
In some­times sil­ly spaces
In views of In­sta­gram stories
or a torn piece of paper
with their letters

And slam

They are still there
Buried un­der the newer,
now irl loves

And the same­same world of
feel­ings emerges, sitting
round that person

Like kick­ing up a gang of leaves
and then sneez­ing it up
for a few days

I loved you then
And the shape it took was
so particular
A brash ac­cu­mu­la­tion of
be­gone me and by­gone you

It was a men­tal pony ride
with the sub­mis­sion of
any ponies

back mas­sages and bad songs
a mu­tu­al cac­tus obsession
ac­ci­den­tal stay overs

and there I’ll feel ‘We’re blessed’
With­out in­sin­cer­i­ty or
stom­ach acid in my mouth
Be­cause the love went on
Our ca­pac­i­ties never
diminished

I think I’m right and know
I’m right
You’re lov­ing this one
Bet­ter but with the big
samehow

 

—alyssa ras­mussen

Flom­mist Alyssa Ras­mussen is a word tai­lor, ed­u­ca­tor, and artist. Copy­right © 2022 Alyssa Rasmussen.

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