30th St. Station by Amanda Conlogueone more kiss tonight,
please, before you walk out
onto the platform, tracks
running distance between us
we tell ourselves we grow
strong from this, enduring the pitch
steel wheels traversing steel rails
their intermitent come and go
but the times between connections
are the sweetest of hours
you've always known I can't
get enough of your tender mouth
and draw your breath into my lungs
as if I could breathe you in
keep a part of you with me
always, but I have to exhale
take a new breath from the air
between us that widens
as you board the train 05/21/2007 Posted on 05/21/2007 Copyright © 2024 Amanda Conlogue
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