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.
you had cancer
and you died
and we hadn’t talked for years

here’s what I
still have from
our youth besides guilt

pictures of you
in Mission Creek
on the train tracks
and leaning against a grave

a small smudge
of blue on the
t-shirt I wore
when we painted your pool

your fingerprints
on the CD
we played every
morning I drove you to school

a poem I wrote in your room

particles of light
that bounced off you and embedded in
my skin

Gordon St. Raus

Gordon St. Raus peaked at 15 and is mostly held together by masking tape.

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