we could
we could, you know
we could grow up together
we could have jobs
apartments, fights, a dog, a house
children (tall, black-haired)
we could grow content, grow rich or fat or complacent
or wise, maybe
we could be time travelers together, cosmonauts
inside aging bodies, but never deceived
by the disguises of midlife
i could remember your first surprised smile
under my lips; you could remember my body
first coming to rest beside yours
we could grow old
the film in our eyes hiding (kindly) the strange illusions
time wove around us
we could know each other then by feel, by scent and warmth
like children
we could start now
we could
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