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North Carolina

Christopher Hivner

The wind blew
with lust
atop the dune,
pelting our skin
with stings of sand
although I don’t think
she noticed,
sitting with her knees
pressed to her chest,
her eyes thinking
“If I hug tightly enough
I’ll be somewhere else.”

I sat beside her
bored,
having explored the dune
for what it was worth.
The sun heated my face,
sand got in my eyes
and mouth
while I wondered,
how did I
become invisible?

I sat next to her,
with her,
a shadow
without form
or substance
yet I could feel
myself breathing.
I was thirsty
and wanted a soda,
words came out
of my mouth:
inquiries, pleas,
jokes, nonsense,
it didn’t matter.
I was already
a ghost.

It would be some time,
years in fact,
until we were separate.
There were talks,
arguments, tears,
stretches for understanding,
bitterness replaced by acceptance
replaced by bitterness.
Eventually there were people to talk to,
papers to sign
and lives to get on with.

I wore confusion
like a hat
for awhile
and never saw it
until years had passed,
when clarity suddenly
became easy.
For all the moments
that are my past,
my life changed
on a sand dune
in North Carolina
when I became
a ghost.

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