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i.
The first time, we were
young and quick-witted.
too far from your heart
to even matter.
even if I wanted it to,
so very badly.

ii.
The second time,
(or the first)
we were both very
different
and I was a lot older
but I watched you and thought,
'man I'd tap that.'
and I did.
But you left in the morning.

iii.
The third time,
I was 44 weeks, and my mother's friend said
that you had died
in your mother's womb.
and I cried for hours
and didn't know why.

iv.
The fourth time, I saw you had
posted something online.
I liked the post and
never spoke.

v.
The fifth time,
you were arguing with your girlfriend
I thought
'he's adorable. what a dick though.'
and I went home and felt
sorry.

vi.
The sixth time,
I was a Roman warrior,
and you were a Greek one,
and I noticed you had beautiful eyes
when the light
left them.

vii.
The seventh time,
you were a beautiful young woman
and I a young soldier.
when I left for the war
in Iraq, you smiled at me,
and I didn't come home.

viii.
The eighth time,
you didn't speak Swedish,
and I didn't speak Japanese,
so I said goodbye with my eyes
and never spoke again.

ix.
The ninth time,
I punched you in the face
during a bar fight.
We were both killed
by a man with loose hands.
They burned us together.

x.
The tenth time,
I was in your art class
in our last year of college.
I felt like I'd seen you before.
I mustered up the courage to say 'hello'
and we fell in love,
after all these years.

Description
i.
The first time, we were
young and quick-witted.
too far from your heart
to even matter.
even if I wanted it to,
so very badly.

ii.
The second time,
(or the first)
we were both very
different
and I was a lot older
but I watched you and thought,
'man I'd tap that.'
and I did.
But you left in the morning.

iii.
The third time,
I was 44 weeks, and my mother's friend said
that you had died
in your mother's womb.
and I cried for hours
and didn't know why.

iv.
The fourth time, I saw you had
posted something online.
I liked the post and
never spoke.

v.
The fifth time,
you were arguing with your girlfriend
I thought
'he's adorable. what a dick though.'
and I went home and felt
sorry.

vi.
The sixth time,
I was a Roman warrior,
and you were a Greek one,
and I noticed you had beautiful eyes
when the light
left them.

vii.
The seventh time,
you were a beautiful young woman
and I a young soldier.
when I left for the war
in Iraq, you smiled at me,
and I didn't come home.

viii.
The eighth time,
you didn't speak Swedish,
and I didn't speak Japanese,
so I said goodbye with my eyes
and never spoke again.

ix.
The ninth time,
I punched you in the face
during a bar fight.
We were both killed
by a man with loose hands.
They burned us together.

x.
The tenth time,
I was in your art class
in our last year of college.
I felt like I'd seen you before.
I mustered up the courage to say 'hello'
and we fell in love,
after all these years.