Five Minute Breakfast Poems (1)

(Just write. For 5 minutes. Each Friday in April.)

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it’s a day off

and we’ll go to our favorite restaurant

and splurge on calories

we won’t talk about how we miss him

we are three strong southern women

and we cry watching sappy movies

but i only cry for him in my sleep

and she only cries for him in her closet

and she only cries for him when we do

we won’t talk about how we miss him

it’s a day off

and she gets her hair done

and she goes to class

and i study until i can’t see straight

but we won’t let ourselves think about

how it’s fifteen days

until four years

and how does four years fly by so fast when it feels like

he was just here

because if we think about him

and if we talk about him

and if we remember him

we are sure

we will cry forever

a river that will never dry

wasn't he was just here?