I watch you,
__comfortable,
lost in the cushions
of your couch,
__permanent marker
__smile
tracing the blue
of my eyes.
I'm listening,
__promise,
or at least I'm trying.
__It's just that
memorizing your
everything
takes concentration.
I'm almost positive
laughter never looked
__so pretty,
but it echoes,
__ __ __bounces,
__ __ __ __along the mirrors
in your hallway
accompanying the whispers
__that hollywood
__will find you.
. . .
__what?
I stopped listening again,
__don't be upset,
I got lost in wondering
what color you think in.
__I wish I could
do more than
wrap you up
in words,
__words you'll
__never read,
but I get nervous,
__ __ __skittish,
of things I don't deserve.
__So for the moment
I'll just sit,
__ the sun streams
__on my face,
watching you
__ __ __ _be you.
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