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poetry by j matthew waters

sparkles in her eyes


and so I found a way
to call her
I sixteen
& she a year younger
we made a date
—I swear I was in love
she had sparkles
around her eyes
but when I asked
she said
she didn’t know what I meant
& over time neither did I





july two thousand twenty-three
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