Alix Mangerian Poems

Today,
I read one of your poems
when I should have been working.
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All the things I meant to say
Disarrayed by interpretation

Disgruntled machine
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I wonder what she's thinking now
with her head dipped down
in the fool's gold light,
her hair falling across her eyes,
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Death sneaks up on you.
And if you're lucky, it'll be like a pretty girl
Tapping your shoulder at a party.
And you'll turn with a knowing smile
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Perhaps I should have looked closer
when you told me you loved marigolds.
I should have seen it coming.
We sat on vernal grass
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When they reach in to your chest
to heal your heart with scars,
remember me.
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Today,
I read that story you wrote,
The one I loved but you hated.
I remember how you agonized over it,
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It would be like the stars
to hide tonight,
cloudy shroudings veiling
their pure light.
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It's so easy to let moments slip
Like scarves of silk
Sifting past fingertips
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Spoiled me
accustomed to immediacy

In those burdensome moments
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