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Not You

Mary Stone

I see you coming from very far away:
wet-hoofed, your leather jacket
sprinkled with horse corral dust.
Desert winds drag behind you,
angry prisoners chained
to your belt loops.
Dogs bark around us
and sand slaps my bare legs,
cold needles.

But this is not what you see.
You have shiny keys, shirts without wrinkles.
I can’t see the coffee in your hand,
but instead a weapon. When we are apart

like this, the dust of your fingers thaws
my thighs, the scent of mint tobacco
warms my collar bone, your arms,
still wrapped in leather,
wrap around my waist,
and you are cool dirt beneath a rock,
your eyes flinching bugs in the sun.

But this is not really you,
as we pass another window.
You wear a shirt with buttons,
brand-name cologne. When we are together
like this, the dirt around you settles
on my shoulders and the pores across your nose
finally become visible.



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