Occulted<\/p>\n
By<\/p>\n
Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The chimeric afternoon<\/p>\n
Lifts its head, as I venture out<\/p>\n
For the first time in three days.<\/p>\n
I mask my face against the belladonna air,<\/p>\n
Each step feeling modestly feral,<\/p>\n
Each sifted breath more defiant than the last.<\/p>\n
It occurs to me, as the swift, April wind<\/p>\n
Spindles through my hair:<\/p>\n
There is nothing I wouldn\u2019t give<\/p>\n
To lie with you in the cherry-blossom-petaled grass,<\/p>\n
Hands clasped, holding on<\/p>\n
Through an uncertain, occulted future.<\/p>\n
What I wouldn\u2019t give<\/p>\n
To Netflix with you in bed,<\/p>\n
Blankets warm, lights off. If only you were here.<\/p>\n
If only you existed.<\/p>\n
What I wouldn\u2019t give to be vivified by a kiss.<\/p>\n
As it is, each step slows in the miasmic<\/p>\n
Walk back to what I call home.<\/p>\n
I climb the steps, turning to look for you<\/p>\n
One last time. I open the door. I close the door.<\/p>\n
I walk into my spell-bound apartment<\/p>\n
And sit on the couch.<\/p>\n
I do not look out the window,<\/p>\n
Passed the magnolia tree,<\/p>\n
To the sidewalk below,<\/p>\n
To see if you spirited home with me. Instead,<\/p>\n
I remove my mask, I close my eyes,<\/p>\n
And merge back into the sonorous silence.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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