Scott Simpson · Poetry
Not Like Her
Use For Kindling · source pages 32, 33
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Source page 32
Not Like Her
My aunt sends cards
for every birthday.
She always remembers.
I don’t.
I start them,
but they sit
half-written
on the kitchen table
until the date
has passed.
Source page 33
Still,
I care.
I care fiercely.
So I find
my way
to say it—
not with cards,
but with small
unexpected
words.
I am not her.
But I am someone.
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