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October 14, 2019

Unmatch

October 14, 2019/ Zachary Bali
Photo by Cesar La Rosa on Unsplash

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I must have traced her lips with my fingers about a thousand times,

And a thousand more,

And a thousand more,

Until every detail was branded in my mind.

Every ridge,

Every curve,

Traced to perfection.

So why can’t my lips find her the way my fingers do?

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