Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

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01/18/11

poem: Last Days in the Bay

my last days as a bay area kid was high top sneakers sliding off my feet and into your bed heads of white

sage burning black through eyes rolled back and sliding down my lips concrete grips our hips across

shattuck as we walk wooden like the lizard sliding through your stone heart boxed in we bart through

frisco fog and watch a soggy golden sun sliding past the blue glow of your cellphone hold my phone left

my bus pass at home i catch tears sliding staining your swisher we roll popsicle kisses into wrinkled hugs

dry as ghost town sundays sliding across littered memories shoplifting moments dried mango moons

make me spiral reggae  sliding and grooving up my spine i wind and wind this clock never wanting it to

stop time is running out.

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