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over here

(Jess and I wrote this together)

I drew your name
in the dust on my
dashboard.
Together, we set out
for the edge of
the world knowing
we would never
find it.

But it doesn’t matter
when I can turn
and see you smile
as you close your eyes,
point on a map,
and say, “Over here.”

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