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when it’s carpeted stairs
in our home
let’s compare who we are
where the age of our lives
took us

when we ride into town
our respective mother’s arms
will we see all the stores shuttered
or will we not recognize
and feel only canyons in our memories

if our spouses leave us
will we say
“don’t go don’t go don’t go”

maybe we’ll have some
place we need to be