lover

by india southgate.

 

i've got 28 inches 
of cold hard steel
with your name on it.

waiting for you when you come back.

although i wrote it in sharpie
in beautiful cursive 
i still mean it.

the loops 
and the care i took to write it
and to get it straight on the bat
doesn't negate how i feel.

doesn't mean shit.
i'm still angry about it

i'll be standing 
waiting for you
straight backed
lock in my knee
bat raised to my shoulder if i feel like it
or more realistically 
curved looking at my shoes.

i will be waiting for you though,
i will be waiting.

[unpublished]

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