The Morning After We Said It

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the morning after we said it

the morning after we said it
was over, we realized it was
over because when we awoke
and finally opened
our eyes after five
years, they were
dry for the first
time.

and when i asked you
what you wanted for
breakfast, you asked
if i wanted burritos,
and i took out the juicer,
and we started slicing
into our divided
tasks.

when we sat down to
eat, we were no longer
in love, but two
bodies sharing a table
with all the words unknotted
between us, and not
a single breath with
wings
.

Yi-Ching Lin November 2009

Posted over on her site Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"