around here
you could smell
but did not taste the citric acid
the buds on your tongue
all but gone
you once believed in miracles
fairy tales & a ghost
named pseudo su
you used to carry
one-way tickets
to unlimited destinations
but traded them in
for a kiss & three wishes
how did you not notice
I’m not around here anymore
at least not in broad daylight
may two thousand twenty-four
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