do you remember those seals
the malleable anchor
i told you i would learn to sculpt
chiseling the seal you wanted
you threatened to fill the bath
a freezer for the fish
buy a place in the country with a pool
far away you would say
from any neighbors prying ear
where we would all learn
to balance balls on our noses
where we would clap together 
to those loved songs
we always listened to
running down the highway

you don't do you

perhaps we ran too far
i never learned to chisel
you never acquired your seal
we never gathered pets into our lives
evidently, we only attained half memories


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