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When things happen twice

Michael Hoag

When things happen twice
When doors open together
And ears touch ears
And eyes touch eyes
When each other’s hands fit
With fingers extended
And fingers curled
When strangers ask for directions to my sick friend
And selling a house follows changing a lock
And praising batting cages precedes seeing batting cages
And weather here and the same weather far away
When those things happen twice
When floors match ceilings
And nails clip nails
And hands lay on hands
When I buy spinach and you buy spinach
And I suffer one surgery and you suffer three
And readings inside mention yellow birds outside
When all these things happen twice
Seeing a friend and seeing a counterpart
Being adopted and being legitimate
And forgetting to watch stares
And never smelling thoughts
Like crater pairs on the moon
Heating and reheating
Rushing away and rushing toward
And all those times I lose my hands and feet
And you recover
And all those times I mistake pants for a shirt
And you correct
And all those times I feel twice and see twice and hear twice
And you are twice too
All those twice times

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