I Stood Next To Him (For Dan & Patti)

When my soul was in the lost-and-found
You came along to claim it. – Carole King

Running and love slow the aging process.

I stood next to him.

While he was changing his socks, 

while I chatted with John Tracey.

I stood next to him.

An intense ferociousness 

I hadn’t seen before.

And I thought,

if he’s that way

changing his socks,

maybe fourteen years later

we should hook up.

Now we are old

and together.

I hug him.

He hugs me back.

Ferocious.

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