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Changing City

I

It has been so long since I have been here
I didn’t know what I’d expect to find
I didn’t expect a swarm of red ants
or three rattlesnakes and a nest
though I guess it’s kind of fitting
for a place I once wanted to live in
for a place that coccoons you soundly

I suppose you’re past me now
you wouldn’t have it any other way
but I swear, I wasn’t even looking for something else
I didn’t even know what I was looking for
because, you know, I’d like to think I’m past you too

II

It is amazing how much changes
between you, between me
but not between us
and I go to the places I knew in this town
and I look at their changes
and I look at them in a different way

growth will do that to you, you know

III

I drove up the side of a mountain today
to a place I used to always retreat to
not because it was at the top of the mountain
not because everyone wanted to go there
but because it was out of the way
and because no one was ever there

and it allowed me to feel alone
and that was good


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