I decided to forget you
today
but the books refused
every title
and word
every single phrase
shouted you
from the comfort of their
dusty shelves
disheveled stacks
the world
must have heard
this cacophony
sit-in of the masses
assaulting me from all sides
Howl
Dante
Milton
Cummings
politics, poetry
love lost, love found
and the final seal
breaking on the door of my
last desperate
grasp for oblivion
was your name
worn by an unsuspecting soul
parading
across the page to
twist my heart
into a 4th of July explosion
of longing
i decided to forget you
today
but the books refused
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