Spots of memory cloud my eyes
which is another way of saying that I can’t look
at the crisp air of almost evening without
remembering us walking in similar air
& that when I let my hand swing at my side
it knocked into yours & you let out a scream
which was fake in its implicit request
for immediate assistance in avoiding bodily harm
but real in that we were two people spinning
into each other needing help.
Nate Pritts is the author of three full-length books of poems - The Wonderfull Yeare (Cooper Dillon Books, 2010), Honorary Astronaut (Ghost Road Press, 2008) & Sensational Spectacular (BlazeVOX, 2007). He works online with gifted students through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth. The founder & principal editor of H_NGM_N, find him online at http://www.natepritts.com
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