Out Out Damned Jukebox
I Used to be a Marley Fan

by Thandi
 

i am
remembering the time
i visited your town and
we ate ice cream
(which you rarely do)
and you tried the flavor
that i told you to
it was the February flavor
and you liked it

that night you
held me close until
i fell asleep and
kissed me first thing
in the morning
(like they do in movies)

if given just a ghost
or inkling of a chance
i cannot say i would have
loved you any more or
any better than the
others but i would have
loved you if not best -
the best i could at least

i am remembering that
before the ice cream was
the dinner when we heard
that song - the one you
liked and sang out loud

No Woman No Cry . . .

while we ate pizza

i am
remembering that time
and wishing it
had never happened
half the time.

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