Monday, January 23, 2012

stranger memories


lemme give you a memory
she shouted across the street to me
a memory you won’t forget she said
stepping over the railing of the balcony
i was young, maybe eighteen, and new to the city
visiting my sister and my brother-in-law and i was alone
in their apartment on floor number twenty-three

it was a chilly october evening with the wind howling in the streets
and the pavements all were lined with heaps of fallen leaves
her matted hair loose she stood barefoot in a pair of faded jeans
that she wore below a flowery dress that ended way above her knees
a sheer white thing with big blue flowers blowing in the breeze

i remember how she looked at me over her shoulder
her hands on the railing her heels over space
the mascara smudged on her sad serene face
i just wanted someone to watch
she said and turning
stepped off


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