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when I was younger
I smoked out of the bathroom
window and listened
to sad songs
thinking of a woman
with raven hair

it wasn’t long ago

two years isn’t long ago

when I was younger
I smoked in the courtyard
silently and chose
so many things over a woman
with raven hair

it wasn’t long ago

three months isn’t long ago

when I was younger
I wasn’t any younger

it wasn’t long ago

wet bricks
look like resting crows

it wasn’t long ago

–
I’ll get a haircut
clean my boots
drink a beer

every woman
I meet
I say
don’t you know who I am?